#4E2C20#4E2C20

#4E2C20 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.055 H 40.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C20
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 32)
HSL	hsl(16, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(16, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 59%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.04, 14.26, 14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.04, 20.30, 45.37°)
OKLab	oklab(33.33% 0.0418 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(33.33% 0.055 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.3036, 3.5257, 1.8201)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C20 #20424E

analogous

#4E202B #4E2C20 #4E4320

triadic

#4E2C20 #204E2C #2C204E

tetradic

#4E2C20 #2B4E20 #20424E #43204E

square

#4E2C20 #2B4E20 #20424E #43204E

split-complementary

#4E2C20 #204E43 #202B4E

monochromatic

#160C09 #23140E #4E2C20 #794432 #A55D44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#4E2C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E2C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C20

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C20	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35301F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552629

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.055 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82655b',
    500: '#4e2c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c20;
$custom-light: #82655b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33326,
    "c": 0.05462,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C20

secondary

#477382

accent

#B1D256

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0504

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C20

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

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