#4E380A#4E380A

#4E380A is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.067 H 81.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E380A
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 10)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(41, 87%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 87.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.17, 4.91, 30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.17, 30.81, 80.84°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.0104 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.067 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.6112, 4.4703, 0.9071)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E380A #0A204E

analogous

#4E160A #4E380A #424E0A

triadic

#4E380A #0A4E38 #380A4E

tetradic

#4E380A #0A4E16 #0A204E #4E0A42

square

#4E380A #0A4E16 #0A204E #4E0A42

split-complementary

#4E380A #0A424E #160A4E

monochromatic

#1B1303 #1B1303 #4E380A #845F11 #BA8618

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#4E380A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E380A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E380A

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E380A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E380A	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413803

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56312F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e380a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.067 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836e4d',
    500: '#4e380a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e380a;
$custom-light: #836e4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e380a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35671,
    "c": 0.06688,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E380A

secondary

#29498B

accent

#72F434

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFEBE7

border

#CAC6C3

text

#0B0701

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E380A

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

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