#4E281A#4E281A

#4E281A is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.062 H 40.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E281A
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 26)
HSL	hsl(16, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(16, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.87, 16.23, 16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.87, 23.45, 46.20°)
OKLab	oklab(32.4% 0.0468 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(32.4% 0.062 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.0874, 3.2123, 1.3819)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E281A #1A404E

analogous

#4E1A26 #4E281A #4E421A

triadic

#4E281A #1A4E28 #281A4E

tetradic

#4E281A #264E1A #1A404E #421A4E

square

#4E281A #264E1A #1A404E #421A4E

split-complementary

#4E281A #1A4E42 #1A264E

monochromatic

#170C08 #20100B #4E281A #7C4029 #AA5739

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.79

#4E281A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E281A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E281A

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E281A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E281A	1.00	12.79	1.64	12.79
#FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e281a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.062 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836256',
    500: '#4e281a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e281a;
$custom-light: #836256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e281a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.154,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32398,
    "c": 0.06169,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E281A

secondary

#407284

accent

#B4DA4E

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E281A

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

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