#4E2B22#4E2B22

#4E2B22 is a dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.055 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2B22
RGB	rgb(78, 43, 34)
HSL	hsl(12, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(12, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.81, 15.11, 12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.81, 19.81, 40.31°)
OKLab	oklab(33.17% 0.0447 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(33.17% 0.055 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.2948, 3.4633, 1.9554)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2B22 #22454E

analogous

#4E222F #4E2B22 #4E4122

triadic

#4E2B22 #224E2B #2B224E

tetradic

#4E2B22 #2F4E22 #22454E #41224E

square

#4E2B22 #2F4E22 #22454E #41224E

split-complementary

#4E2B22 #224E41 #222F4E

monochromatic

#150C09 #23140F #4E2B22 #794235 #A35A47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#4E2B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E2B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2B22

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2B22	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C3722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552529

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 43, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.055 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82655d',
    500: '#4e2b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2b22;
$custom-light: #82655d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.273,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33166,
    "c": 0.0547,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2B22

secondary

#4A7682

accent

#B7CF59

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0504

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2B22

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