HEX atlas value

#4B3621

#4B3621 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Espresso. RGB 75, 54, 33, HSL 30° 39% 21%, luminance 0.0424; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm dark earth-tone

#4B3621 Sample readable text

HEX #4B3621

RGB rgb(75, 54, 33)

HSL hsl(30 39% 21%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 28, 56, 71)

Luminance 0.0424

Contrast Black 1.85:1White 11.36:1

CSS

--color-4b3621: #4B3621;
.background-4b3621 { background-color: #4B3621; }
.text-4b3621 { color: #4B3621; }

HEX meaning and use

About #4B3621

#4B3621 is classified as a warm orange value with dark and earth tone visual character. #4B3621 is visually closest to Espresso, a named orange color with HEX #4B3621.

The RGB channels are 75, 54, and 33, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 30deg with 39% saturation and 21% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.0424, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text1.85:1AA Fail

White text11.36:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #4B3621 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000001.85:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF11.36:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#0B0805#0B0805 · #FFFFFF text · best 19.96:1 #4A2121#4A2121 · #FFFFFF text · best 13.73:1 Peat#3B2F2F · #FFFFFF text · best 12.85:1 #21364A#21364A · #FFFFFF text · best 12.41:1 #3F362C#3F362C · #FFFFFF text · best 11.82:1

Generated Palette

Espresso#4B3621

#21364A#21364A

#4A2121#4A2121

#4A4A21#4A4A21

#8A633D#8A633D

#0B0805#0B0805

Color Harmonies

#21364A#21364A

#4A2121#4A2121

#4A4A21#4A4A21

#214A36#214A36

#36214A#36214A

Variants

#8A633D#8A633D

#0B0805#0B0805

#563615#563615

#3F362C#3F362C

#917559#917559

#944A00#944A00

Nearest Named Colors

Espresso#4B3621

Pine Bark#4A3728

Taupe#483C32

Bark#5B3A29

Peat#3B2F2F

Luminance0.0424

Black text1.85:1AA Fail

White text11.36:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#4B3621","rgb":[75,54,33],"hsl":[30,39,21],"cmyk":[0,28,56,71],"luminance":0.0424,"contrast":{"black":1.85,"white":11.36}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":1.85,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":11.36,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#0B0805","hex":"#0B0805","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.05,"contrastWhite":19.96,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#4A2121","hex":"#4A2121","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.53,"contrastWhite":13.73,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Peat","hex":"#3B2F2F","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.63,"contrastWhite":12.85,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#21364A","hex":"#21364A","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.69,"contrastWhite":12.41,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#3F362C","hex":"#3F362C","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.78,"contrastWhite":11.82,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","dark","earth tone","dark orange","earth tone orange","Espresso adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","dark theme accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/4b3621.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/espresso.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pine-bark.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/taupe.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#21364A","analogous":["#4A2121","#4A4A21"],"triadic":["#214A36","#36214A"],"tetradic":["#214A21","#21364A","#4A214A"],"splitComplementary":["#214A4A","#21214A"],"monochromatic":["#8A633D","#4B3621","#0B0805"]}

Variants

{"light":"#8A633D","dark":"#0B0805","saturated":"#563615","desaturated":"#3F362C","pastel":"#917559","neon":"#944A00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"espresso","name":"Espresso","hex":"#4B3621","distance":0},{"slug":"pine-bark","name":"Pine Bark","hex":"#4A3728","distance":7.14142842854285},{"slug":"taupe","name":"Taupe","hex":"#483C32","distance":18.275666882497067},{"slug":"bark","name":"Bark","hex":"#5B3A29","distance":18.33030277982336},{"slug":"peat","name":"Peat","hex":"#3B2F2F","distance":22.38302928559939}]

#4B3621

CSS

About #4B3621

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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