#4E401F#4E401F

#4E401F is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.053 H 86.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E401F
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 31)
HSL	hsl(42, 43%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 60.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.81, 1.27, 22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.81, 22.27, 86.73°)
OKLab	oklab(37.81% 0.0029 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(37.81% 0.053 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2228, 5.3857, 2.0605)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E401F #1F2D4E

analogous

#4E291F #4E401F #454E1F

triadic

#4E401F #1F4E40 #401F4E

tetradic

#4E401F #1F4E29 #1F2D4E #4E1F45

square

#4E401F #1F4E29 #1F2D4E #4E1F45

split-complementary

#4E401F #1F454E #291F4E

monochromatic

#161209 #221C0E #4E401F #7A6430 #A68842

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#4E401F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E401F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E401F

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E401F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E401F	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e401f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.053 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81745b',
    500: '#4e401f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e401f;
$custom-light: #81745b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e401f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37814,
    "c": 0.05261,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E401F

secondary

#465883

accent

#7AD355

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E401F

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

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