#4E3520#4E3520

#4E3520 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.049 H 60.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3520
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 32)
HSL	hsl(27, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(27, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 59%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.55, 8.44, 17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.55, 19.55, 64.42°)
OKLab	oklab(35.27% 0.0242 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(35.27% 0.049 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.6760, 4.2705, 1.9442)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3520 #20394E

analogous

#4E2022 #4E3520 #4E4C20

triadic

#4E3520 #204E35 #35204E

tetradic

#4E3520 #224E20 #20394E #4C204E

square

#4E3520 #224E20 #20394E #4C204E

split-complementary

#4E3520 #204E4C #20224E

monochromatic

#160F09 #23180E #4E3520 #795232 #A57044

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#4E3520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E3520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3520

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3520	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.049 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816c5c',
    500: '#4e3520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3520;
$custom-light: #816c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.391,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35267,
    "c": 0.04886,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3520

secondary

#476782

accent

#99D256

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0704

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3520

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

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