#4E2518#4E2518

#4E2518 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.066 H 38.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2518
RGB	rgb(78, 37, 24)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 69.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.08, 17.94, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.08, 24.90, 43.89°)
OKLab	oklab(31.78% 0.0516 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(31.78% 0.066 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.9687, 3.0092, 1.2358)
Luminance	0.0301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2518 #18414E

analogous

#4E1826 #4E2518 #4E4018

triadic

#4E2518 #184E25 #25184E

tetradic

#4E2518 #264E18 #18414E #40184E

square

#4E2518 #264E18 #18414E #40184E

split-complementary

#4E2518 #184E40 #18264E

monochromatic

#170B07 #1F0F0A #4E2518 #7D3B26 #AC5135

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.11

#4E2518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#4E2518 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2518

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2518	1.00	13.11	1.60	13.11
#FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#302B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561D22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 37, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.066 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836055',
    500: '#4e2518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2518;
$custom-light: #836055;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.444,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3178,
    "c": 0.06575,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2518

secondary

#3D7485

accent

#B9DC4B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFE9E7

border

#CAC5C3

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2518

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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