#4E3517#4E3517

#4E3517 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.057 H 69.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3517
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 23)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.41, 7.63, 22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.41, 24.21, 71.64°)
OKLab	oklab(35.12% 0.0203 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(35.12% 0.057 69)
XYZ	xyz(4.5699, 4.2281, 1.3859)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3517 #17304E

analogous

#4E1A17 #4E3517 #4C4E17

triadic

#4E3517 #174E35 #35174E

tetradic

#4E3517 #174E1A #17304E #4E174C

square

#4E3517 #174E1A #17304E #4E174C

split-complementary

#4E3517 #174C4E #1A174E

monochromatic

#181007 #1F1509 #4E3517 #7D5525 #AD7533

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#4E3517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E3517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3517

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3517	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433C18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#552F2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.057 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826c55',
    500: '#4e3517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3517;
$custom-light: #826c55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35119,
    "c": 0.05682,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.04228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3517

secondary

#3C5D85

accent

#8DDE4A

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE8

border

#CAC6C4

text

#0B0603

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3517

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

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