#4E311B#4E311B

#4E311B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.054 H 56.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E311B
RGB	rgb(78, 49, 27)
HSL	hsl(26, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(26, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.2%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.32, 10.55, 19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.32, 21.98, 61.31°)
OKLab	oklab(34.29% 0.0297 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(34.29% 0.054 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.4383, 3.8958, 1.5549)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E311B #1B384E

analogous

#4E1B1F #4E311B #4E4A1B

triadic

#4E311B #1B4E31 #311B4E

tetradic

#4E311B #1F4E1B #1B384E #4A1B4E

square

#4E311B #1F4E1B #1B384E #4A1B4E

split-complementary

#4E311B #1B4E4A #1B1F4E

monochromatic

#170E08 #21140B #4E311B #7B4E2B #A96A3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#4E311B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E311B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E311B

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E311B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E311B	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#403A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552B2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e311b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 49, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.054 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826958',
    500: '#4e311b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e311b;
$custom-light: #826958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e311b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.882,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34292,
    "c": 0.05442,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E311B

secondary

#416784

accent

#9DD850

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0603

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E311B

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