#4E270E#4E270E

#4E270E is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.069 H 50.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E270E
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 14)
HSL	hsl(23, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(23, 82%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 82.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.45, 16.03, 23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.45, 28.63, 55.96°)
OKLab	oklab(32.02% 0.0438 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(32.02% 0.069 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.9470, 3.1029, 0.8064)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E270E #0E354E

analogous

#4E0E15 #4E270E #4E470E

triadic

#4E270E #0E4E27 #270E4E

tetradic

#4E270E #154E0E #0E354E #470E4E

square

#4E270E #154E0E #0E354E #470E4E

split-complementary

#4E270E #0E4E47 #0E154E

monochromatic

#1A0D05 #1A0D05 #4E270E #824117 #B65B21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.96

#4E270E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4E270E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E270E

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E270E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E270E	1.00	12.96	1.62	12.96
#FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B350E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#561F22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e270e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.069 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84614e',
    500: '#4e270e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e270e;
$custom-light: #84614e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e270e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.438,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3202,
    "c": 0.0688,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E270E

secondary

#2F6689

accent

#A7EC3B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0EAE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0B0501

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E270E

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

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