#4E401B#4E401B

#4E401B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.057 H 88.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E401B
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 27)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.75, 0.90, 24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.75, 24.50, 87.90°)
OKLab	oklab(37.75% 0.0013 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(37.75% 0.057 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1733, 5.3659, 1.7999)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E401B #1B294E

analogous

#4E261B #4E401B #424E1B

triadic

#4E401B #1B4E40 #401B4E

tetradic

#4E401B #1B4E26 #1B294E #4E1B42

square

#4E401B #1B4E26 #1B294E #4E1B42

split-complementary

#4E401B #1B424E #261B4E

monochromatic

#171308 #211B0B #4E401B #7B652B #A98B3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#4E401B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E401B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E401B

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E401B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E401B	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B431C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e401b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.057 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817459',
    500: '#4e401b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e401b;
$custom-light: #817459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e401b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.529,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37754,
    "c": 0.05692,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E401B

secondary

#415384

accent

#75D850

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E401B

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

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