#4E2B20#4E2B20

#4E2B20 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.056 H 38.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B20
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 32)
HSL	hsl(14, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(14, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 59%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.77, 14.90, 14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.77, 20.51, 43.42°)
OKLab	oklab(33.12% 0.0437 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(33.12% 0.056 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.2668, 3.4521, 1.8078)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B20 #20434E

analogous

#4E202C #4E2B20 #4E4220

triadic

#4E2B20 #204E2B #2B204E

tetradic

#4E2B20 #2C4E20 #20434E #42204E

square

#4E2B20 #2C4E20 #20434E #42204E

split-complementary

#4E2B20 #204E42 #202C4E

monochromatic

#160C09 #23130E #4E2B20 #794332 #A55B44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#4E2B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E2B20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B20

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B20	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34301F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552528

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.056 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82645b',
    500: '#4e2b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b20;
$custom-light: #82645b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.348,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33121,
    "c": 0.05563,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B20

secondary

#477482

accent

#B4D256

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0504

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B20

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

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