#4E3C11#4E3C11

#4E3C11 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.064 H 85.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3C11
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 17)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.43, 2.70, 28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.43, 28.54, 84.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.68% 0.005 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(36.68% 0.064 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8592, 4.8922, 1.2186)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3C11 #11234E

analogous

#4E1D11 #4E3C11 #414E11

triadic

#4E3C11 #114E3C #3C114E

tetradic

#4E3C11 #114E1D #11234E #4E1141

square

#4E3C11 #114E1D #11234E #4E1141

split-complementary

#4E3C11 #11414E #1D114E

monochromatic

#191305 #1C1506 #4E3C11 #80631C #B28927

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#4E3C11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E3C11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3C11

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3C11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3C11	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484013

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553633

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3c11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.064 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827152',
    500: '#4e3c11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3c11;
$custom-light: #827152;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3c11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.295,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36675,
    "c": 0.06366,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3C11

secondary

#334C87

accent

#72E741

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFECE7

border

#CAC7C3

text

#0B0702

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3C11

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

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