#4E401C#4E401C

#4E401C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.056 H 88.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E401C
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 28)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.77, 0.99, 23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.77, 23.95, 87.64°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% 0.0017 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.056 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1851, 5.3706, 1.8619)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E401C #1C2A4E

analogous

#4E271C #4E401C #434E1C

triadic

#4E401C #1C4E40 #401C4E

tetradic

#4E401C #1C4E27 #1C2A4E #4E1C43

square

#4E401C #1C4E27 #1C2A4E #4E1C43

split-complementary

#4E401C #1C434E #271C4E

monochromatic

#171208 #211B0C #4E401C #7B652C #A88A3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#4E401C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E401C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E401C

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E401C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E401C	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)

#473F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B431D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e401c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.056 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817459',
    500: '#4e401c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e401c;
$custom-light: #817459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e401c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37769,
    "c": 0.05587,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E401C

secondary

#425584

accent

#76D751

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E401C

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

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