#4E2C16#4E2C16

#4E2C16 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.061 H 52.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C16
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 22)
HSL	hsl(24, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(24, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.87, 13.36, 20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.87, 24.61, 57.10°)
OKLab	oklab(33.14% 0.0373 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(33.14% 0.061 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.1877, 3.4794, 1.2100)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C16 #16384E

analogous

#4E161C #4E2C16 #4E4816

triadic

#4E2C16 #164E2C #2C164E

tetradic

#4E2C16 #1C4E16 #16384E #48164E

square

#4E2C16 #1C4E16 #16384E #48164E

split-complementary

#4E2C16 #164E48 #161C4E

monochromatic

#180D07 #1E1109 #4E2C16 #7E4723 #AD6231

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#4E2C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E2C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C16

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C16	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3716

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.061 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836554',
    500: '#4e2c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c16;
$custom-light: #836554;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33143,
    "c": 0.06069,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C16

secondary

#3A6885

accent

#A4DF49

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFEBE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0B0502

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C16

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

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