#4E3C17#4E3C17

#4E3C17 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.058 H 83.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E3C17
RGB	rgb(78, 60, 23)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.49, 3.12, 25.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.49, 25.50, 82.98°)
OKLab	oklab(36.74% 0.0071 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(36.74% 0.058 83)
XYZ	xyz(4.9127, 4.9136, 1.5001)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E3C17 #17294E

analogous

#4E2117 #4E3C17 #444E17

triadic

#4E3C17 #174E3C #3C174E

tetradic

#4E3C17 #174E21 #17294E #4E1744

square

#4E3C17 #174E21 #17294E #4E1744

split-complementary

#4E3C17 #17444E #21174E

monochromatic

#181207 #1F1809 #4E3C17 #7D6025 #AD8533

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#4E3C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E3C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E3C17

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E3C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E3C17	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553634

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e3c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 60, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.058 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827156',
    500: '#4e3c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e3c17;
$custom-light: #827156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e3c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.364,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36743,
    "c": 0.05847,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.04913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E3C17

secondary

#3C5485

accent

#7ADE4A

background

#F8F6F5

surface

#EFECE9

border

#CAC7C5

text

#0B0703

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E3C17

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

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