#4E2D20#4E2D20

#4E2D20 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.054 H 42.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2D20
RGB	rgb(78, 45, 32)
HSL	hsl(17, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(17, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 59%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.31, 13.62, 14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.31, 20.10, 47.37°)
OKLab	oklab(33.53% 0.0398 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(33.53% 0.054 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.3413, 3.6012, 1.8327)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2D20 #20414E

analogous

#4E202A #4E2D20 #4E4420

triadic

#4E2D20 #204E2D #2D204E

tetradic

#4E2D20 #2A4E20 #20414E #44204E

square

#4E2D20 #2A4E20 #20414E #44204E

split-complementary

#4E2D20 #204E44 #202A4E

monochromatic

#160D09 #23140E #4E2D20 #794632 #A55F44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#4E2D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E2D20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2D20

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2D20	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36311F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55272A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 45, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.054 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82665b',
    500: '#4e2d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2d20;
$custom-light: #82665b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.957,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33534,
    "c": 0.05367,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2D20

secondary

#477282

accent

#AFD256

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0604

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2D20

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

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