#4E2A20#4E2A20

#4E2A20 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.057 H 36.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2A20
RGB	rgb(78, 42, 32)
HSL	hsl(13, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(13, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 59%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.51, 15.53, 13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.51, 20.75, 41.53°)
OKLab	oklab(32.92% 0.0457 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(32.92% 0.057 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.2308, 3.3803, 1.7959)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2A20 #20444E

analogous

#4E202D #4E2A20 #4E4120

triadic

#4E2A20 #204E2A #2A204E

tetradic

#4E2A20 #2D4E20 #20444E #41204E

square

#4E2A20 #2D4E20 #20444E #41204E

split-complementary

#4E2A20 #204E41 #202D4E

monochromatic

#160C09 #23130E #4E2A20 #794132 #A55944

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#4E2A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E2A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2A20

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2A20	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#332F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552428

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 42, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.057 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82645b',
    500: '#4e2a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2a20;
$custom-light: #82645b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32919,
    "c": 0.0567,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2A20

secondary

#477682

accent

#B7D256

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0504

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2A20

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

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