#4E3528#4E3528

#4E3528 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.042 H 48.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3528
RGB	rgb(78, 53, 40)
HSL	hsl(21, 32%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(21, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 48.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 9.36, 12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 15.75, 53.54°)
OKLab	oklab(35.44% 0.028 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(35.44% 0.042 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7982, 4.3194, 2.5881)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3528 #28414E

analogous

#4E282E #4E3528 #4E4828

triadic

#4E3528 #284E35 #35284E

tetradic

#4E3528 #2E4E28 #28414E #48284E

square

#4E3528 #2E4E28 #28414E #48284E

split-complementary

#4E3528 #284E48 #282E4E

monochromatic

#140E0A #261A13 #4E3528 #76503D #9F6C51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#4E3528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E3528 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3528

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3528	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543132

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 53, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.042 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816c62',
    500: '#4e3528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3528;
$custom-light: #816c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.526,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35437,
    "c": 0.04216,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3528

secondary

#517081

accent

#A4C85F

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBEA

border

#CAC6C6

text

#0A0705

muted

#7C7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3528

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

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