#4E2818#4E2818

#4E2818 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.063 H 43.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2818
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 24)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(18, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 69.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.84, 16.07, 18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.84, 24.27, 48.54°)
OKLab	oklab(32.36% 0.0459 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(32.36% 0.063 43)
XYZ	xyz(4.0659, 3.2037, 1.2682)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2818 #183E4E

analogous

#4E1823 #4E2818 #4E4318

triadic

#4E2818 #184E28 #28184E

tetradic

#4E2818 #234E18 #183E4E #43184E

square

#4E2818 #234E18 #183E4E #43184E

split-complementary

#4E2818 #184E43 #18234E

monochromatic

#170C07 #1F100A #4E2818 #7D4026 #AC5835

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.80

#4E2818 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E2818 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2818

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2818	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2818	1.00	12.80	1.64	12.80
#FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3518

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562124

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2818;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.063 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836255',
    500: '#4e2818',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2818;
$custom-light: #836255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2818",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.778,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32362,
    "c": 0.06272,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.03203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2818

secondary

#3D7085

accent

#B1DC4B

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFEAE8

border

#CAC6C4

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2818

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

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