#4E2B17#4E2B17

#4E2B17 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.061 H 49.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B17
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 23)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.62, 14.08, 19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.62, 24.25, 54.50°)
OKLab	oklab(32.95% 0.0397 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(32.95% 0.061 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1607, 3.4097, 1.2495)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B17 #173A4E

analogous

#4E171F #4E2B17 #4E4617

triadic

#4E2B17 #174E2B #2B174E

tetradic

#4E2B17 #1F4E17 #173A4E #46174E

square

#4E2B17 #1F4E17 #173A4E #46174E

split-complementary

#4E2B17 #174E46 #171F4E

monochromatic

#180D07 #1F1109 #4E2B17 #7D4525 #AD5F33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.49

#4E2B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E2B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B17

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B17	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)

#352F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.061 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836454',
    500: '#4e2b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b17;
$custom-light: #836454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32952,
    "c": 0.06075,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B17

secondary

#3C6A85

accent

#A8DE4A

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFEBE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0B0503

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B17

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

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