#4E2B16#4E2B16

#4E2B16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.061 H 50.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B16
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 22)
HSL	hsl(23, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.60, 14.01, 20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.60, 24.70, 55.46°)
OKLab	oklab(32.94% 0.0392 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(32.94% 0.061 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1509, 3.4058, 1.1977)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B16 #16394E

analogous

#4E161D #4E2B16 #4E4716

triadic

#4E2B16 #164E2B #2B164E

tetradic

#4E2B16 #1D4E16 #16394E #47164E

square

#4E2B16 #1D4E16 #16394E #47164E

split-complementary

#4E2B16 #164E47 #161D4E

monochromatic

#180D07 #1E1109 #4E2B16 #7E4523 #AD6031

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#4E2B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E2B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B16

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B16	1.00	12.49	1.68	12.49
#FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#352F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3716

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.061 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836454',
    500: '#4e2b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b16;
$custom-light: #836454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32936,
    "c": 0.06137,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B16

secondary

#3A6985

accent

#A7DF49

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFEBE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0B0502

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B16

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

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