#4E401D#4E401D

#4E401D is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.055 H 87.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E401D
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 29)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 62.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.78, 1.08, 23.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.78, 23.39, 87.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.78% 0.0021 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(37.78% 0.055 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.1973, 5.3755, 1.9260)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E401D #1D2B4E

analogous

#4E271D #4E401D #434E1D

triadic

#4E401D #1D4E40 #401D4E

tetradic

#4E401D #1D4E27 #1D2B4E #4E1D43

square

#4E401D #1D4E27 #1D2B4E #4E1D43

split-complementary

#4E401D #1D434E #271D4E

monochromatic

#161208 #211B0C #4E401D #7B652E #A7893E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#4E401D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E401D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E401D

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E401D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E401D	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A431E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e401d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.055 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81745a',
    500: '#4e401d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e401d;
$custom-light: #81745a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e401d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37783,
    "c": 0.05481,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E401D

secondary

#445683

accent

#78D552

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E401D

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

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