#4E291B#4E291B

#4E291B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.060 H 41.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E291B
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 27)
HSL	hsl(16, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(16, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.4%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.15, 15.69, 16.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.15, 22.85, 46.64°)
OKLab	oklab(32.62% 0.0453 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(32.62% 0.06 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.1330, 3.2851, 1.4531)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E291B #1B404E

analogous

#4E1B26 #4E291B #4E421B

triadic

#4E291B #1B4E29 #291B4E

tetradic

#4E291B #264E1B #1B404E #421B4E

square

#4E291B #264E1B #1B404E #421B4E

split-complementary

#4E291B #1B4E42 #1B264E

monochromatic

#170C08 #21110B #4E291B #7B412B #A9593A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#4E291B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E291B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E291B

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E291B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E291B	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C361B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562226

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e291b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.060 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836357',
    500: '#4e291b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e291b;
$custom-light: #836357;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e291b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.471,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32616,
    "c": 0.0602,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E291B

secondary

#417184

accent

#B3D850

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFEAE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E291B

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

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