#4E3717#4E3717

#4E3717 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.057 H 73.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3717
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 23)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 6.33, 23.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 24.47, 75.01°)
OKLab	oklab(35.58% 0.0165 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(35.58% 0.057 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.6630, 4.4143, 1.4169)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3717 #172E4E

analogous

#4E1C17 #4E3717 #4A4E17

triadic

#4E3717 #174E37 #37174E

tetradic

#4E3717 #174E1C #172E4E #4E174A

square

#4E3717 #174E1C #172E4E #4E174A

split-complementary

#4E3717 #174A4E #1C174E

monochromatic

#181107 #1F1609 #4E3717 #7D5825 #AD7A33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#4E3717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E3717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3717

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3717	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553130

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.057 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826d55',
    500: '#4e3717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3717;
$custom-light: #826d55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.909,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35575,
    "c": 0.05692,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3717

secondary

#3C5A85

accent

#88DE4A

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0703

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3717

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

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