#4E2A09#4E2A09

#4E2A09 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.069 H 58.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A09
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 9)
HSL	hsl(29, 79%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(29, 88%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 88.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.19, 13.89, 26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.19, 30.16, 62.57°)
OKLab	oklab(32.57% 0.0366 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(32.57% 0.069 58.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.0195, 3.2958, 0.6829)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A09 #092D4E

analogous

#4E090A #4E2A09 #4E4D09

triadic

#4E2A09 #094E2A #2A094E

tetradic

#4E2A09 #0A4E09 #092D4E #4D094E

square

#4E2A09 #0A4E09 #092D4E #4D094E

split-complementary

#4E2A09 #094E4D #090A4E

monochromatic

#1B0F03 #1B0F03 #4E2A09 #85480F #BC6516

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#4E2A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E2A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A09

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A09	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#352E05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3609

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562223

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.069 58.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84634b',
    500: '#4e2a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a09;
$custom-light: #84634b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.696,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32575,
    "c": 0.06928,
    "h": 58.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A09

secondary

#285C8B

accent

#98F632

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#F0EAE7

border

#CBC6C3

text

#0B0501

muted

#7C7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A09

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

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