#4E3817#4E3817

#4E3817 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.057 H 75.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3817
RGB	rgb(78, 56, 23)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.29, 5.69, 23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.29, 24.64, 76.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.81% 0.0146 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(35.81% 0.057 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7110, 4.5103, 1.4329)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3817 #172D4E

analogous

#4E1D17 #4E3817 #494E17

triadic

#4E3817 #174E38 #38174E

tetradic

#4E3817 #174E1D #172D4E #4E1749

square

#4E3817 #174E1D #172D4E #4E1749

split-complementary

#4E3817 #17494E #1D174E

monochromatic

#181107 #1F1609 #4E3817 #7D5A25 #AD7C33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#4E3817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E3817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3817

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3817	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 56, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.057 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826e55',
    500: '#4e3817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3817;
$custom-light: #826e55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35806,
    "c": 0.05708,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3817

secondary

#3C5985

accent

#85DE4A

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFEBE9

border

#CAC6C5

text

#0B0703

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3817

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

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