#4E281B#4E281B

#4E281B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.061 H 39.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E281B
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(15, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(15, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.89, 16.32, 16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.89, 23.06, 44.95°)
OKLab	oklab(32.42% 0.0472 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(32.42% 0.061 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.0988, 3.2168, 1.4418)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E281B #1B414E

analogous

#4E1B27 #4E281B #4E411B

triadic

#4E281B #1B4E28 #281B4E

tetradic

#4E281B #274E1B #1B414E #411B4E

square

#4E281B #274E1B #1B414E #411B4E

split-complementary

#4E281B #1B4E41 #1B274E

monochromatic

#170C08 #21110B #4E281B #7B3F2B #A9573A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.78

#4E281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E281B

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E281B	1.00	12.78	1.64	12.78
#FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#322D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B351A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.061 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836257',
    500: '#4e281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e281b;
$custom-light: #836257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.294,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32417,
    "c": 0.0612,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E281B

secondary

#417384

accent

#B5D850

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E281B

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

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