#4E2A16#4E2A16

#4E2A16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.062 H 48.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A16
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 22)
HSL	hsl(21, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(21, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.33, 14.64, 20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.33, 24.82, 53.84°)
OKLab	oklab(32.73% 0.0412 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(32.73% 0.062 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.1150, 3.3340, 1.1857)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A16 #163A4E

analogous

#4E161E #4E2A16 #4E4616

triadic

#4E2A16 #164E2A #2A164E

tetradic

#4E2A16 #1E4E16 #163A4E #46164E

square

#4E2A16 #1E4E16 #163A4E #46164E

split-complementary

#4E2A16 #164E46 #161E4E

monochromatic

#180D07 #1E1009 #4E2A16 #7E4423 #AD5D31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#4E2A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4E2A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A16

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A16	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#342E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562325

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.062 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836453',
    500: '#4e2a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a16;
$custom-light: #836453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32731,
    "c": 0.06211,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A16

secondary

#3A6B85

accent

#A9DF49

background

#F8F5F4

surface

#EFEAE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0B0502

muted

#7C7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A16

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

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