#4E3B16#4E3B16

#4E3B16 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.059 H 81.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3B16
RGB	rgb(78, 59, 22)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 3.68, 25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 25.78, 81.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.49% 0.0086 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(36.49% 0.059 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8509, 4.8059, 1.4310)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3B16 #16294E

analogous

#4E1F16 #4E3B16 #454E16

triadic

#4E3B16 #164E3B #3B164E

tetradic

#4E3B16 #164E1F #16294E #4E1645

square

#4E3B16 #164E1F #16294E #4E1645

split-complementary

#4E3B16 #16454E #1F164E

monochromatic

#181207 #1E1709 #4E3B16 #7E5F23 #AD8331

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#4E3B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4E3B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3B16

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3B16	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474017

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553533

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 59, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.059 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827055',
    500: '#4e3b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3b16;
$custom-light: #827055;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.643,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36494,
    "c": 0.05894,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3B16

secondary

#3A5485

accent

#7CDF49

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFECE8

border

#CAC7C4

text

#0B0703

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3B16

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

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