#4E2E20#4E2E20

#4E2E20 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.053 H 44.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E20
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 32)
HSL	hsl(18, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(18, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 59%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.58, 12.97, 15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.58, 19.94, 49.41°)
OKLab	oklab(33.74% 0.0379 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(33.74% 0.053 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.3799, 3.6784, 1.8455)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E20 #20404E

analogous

#4E2029 #4E2E20 #4E4520

triadic

#4E2E20 #204E2E #2E204E

tetradic

#4E2E20 #294E20 #20404E #45204E

square

#4E2E20 #294E20 #20404E #45204E

split-complementary

#4E2E20 #204E45 #20294E

monochromatic

#160D09 #23140E #4E2E20 #794832 #A56144

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#4E2E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E2E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E20

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E20	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36321F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55282A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.053 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82675b',
    500: '#4e2e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e20;
$custom-light: #82675b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.261,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33743,
    "c": 0.05279,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E20

secondary

#477082

accent

#ACD256

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0604

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E20

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

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