#4E2E21#4E2E21

#4E2E21 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.052 H 42.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2E21
RGB	rgb(78, 46, 33)
HSL	hsl(17, 41%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(17, 58%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 57.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.60, 13.08, 14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.60, 19.53, 47.97°)
OKLab	oklab(33.76% 0.0383 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(33.76% 0.052 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3937, 3.6839, 1.9182)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2E21 #21414E

analogous

#4E212B #4E2E21 #4E4521

triadic

#4E2E21 #214E2E #2E214E

tetradic

#4E2E21 #2B4E21 #21414E #45214E

square

#4E2E21 #2B4E21 #21414E #45214E

split-complementary

#4E2E21 #214E45 #212B4E

monochromatic

#160D09 #23150F #4E2E21 #794733 #A46145

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#4E2E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E2E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2E21

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2E21	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55292B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 46, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.052 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82675c',
    500: '#4e2e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2e21;
$custom-light: #82675c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.333,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33764,
    "c": 0.05219,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2E21

secondary

#497282

accent

#ADD057

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0604

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2E21

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

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