#4E3C12#4E3C12

#4E3C12 is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.063 H 85.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3C12
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 18)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.43, 2.77, 27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.43, 28.05, 84.34°)
OKLab	oklab(36.69% 0.0053 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(36.69% 0.063 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8672, 4.8954, 1.2607)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3C12 #12244E

analogous

#4E1E12 #4E3C12 #424E12

triadic

#4E3C12 #124E3C #3C124E

tetradic

#4E3C12 #124E1E #12244E #4E1242

square

#4E3C12 #124E1E #12244E #4E1242

split-complementary

#4E3C12 #12424E #1E124E

monochromatic

#191306 #1C1607 #4E3C12 #80621D #B18929

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#4E3C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E3C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3C12

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3C12	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)

#443C0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553633

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.063 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827152',
    500: '#4e3c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3c12;
$custom-light: #827152;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36685,
    "c": 0.06286,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3C12

secondary

#354D87

accent

#73E642

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFECE7

border

#CAC7C3

text

#0B0702

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3C12

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

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