Skip to the color picker

#4e1809 color: French Puce

#4e1809 is rgb(78, 24, 9) in RGB and oklch(29.343% 0.08519 36.035) in OKLCH. Every other format, shade and contrast value is below.

Read as HEX

13°
100%

29.3%
0.085
36°
  • Brown
  • Very dark
  • Vivid
  • Deep
  • Warm
  • ≈ Taupe
  • amber-950
  • Black 69%

Inside sRGB: displays the same on any screen.

White text
14.40:1Readable · AA
Lc -104
Black text
1.46:1Hard to read
Lc 0

Shades

From lightest to darkest. Click a shade to use it.

Harmonies

Open as palette

Recent

Colors you stop on or copy appear here. They stay on this device.

About #4e1809

#4e1809 is a deep very dark brown color. In OKLCH it has 29.3% lightness, 0.085 chroma and a hue of 36°.

Inside sRGB: displays the same on any screen.

White text on it reaches 14.4:1 contrast and black text 1.46:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is French Puce (#4e1609). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is amber-950.

More brown colors

Lighter: #4e1809 mixed with white

  1. 4e1809
  2. 602e20
  3. 714336
  4. 83594d
  5. 956f64
  6. a6867c
  7. b89d95
  8. cab5af
  9. dbcdc9
  10. ede6e4

Darker: #4e1809 mixed with black

  1. 4e1809
  2. 431307
  3. 380f05
  4. 2d0a03
  5. 230702
  6. 190401
  7. 0f0201
  8. 070100
  9. 020000
  10. 000000

Calmer: #4e1809 with less saturation

  1. 4e1809
  2. 4b1b0e
  3. 481e12
  4. 452016
  5. 42221a
  6. 3f241d
  7. 3b2620
  8. 382823
  9. 342926
  10. 302b29

Questions about #4e1809

What color is #4e1809?

#4e1809 is deep very dark brown. The closest named color is French Puce. In RGB it is rgb(78, 24, 9), in HSL hsl(13.04, 79.31%, 17.06%) and in OKLCH oklch(29.343% 0.08519 36.035).

What colors go well with #4e1809?

The complementary color of #4e1809 is #003443. For a calmer combination use the analogous colors #4d1526 and #472100. The triadic partners are #003819 and #222656.

Is white or black text more readable on #4e1809?

White text reads better on #4e1809: white gives a contrast ratio of 14.4:1 and black gives 1.46:1. WCAG AA asks for at least 4.5:1 for body text.

Is #4e1809 a warm or cool color?

#4e1809 is a warm color. In OKLCH its hue is 36 degrees, its lightness 29.3% and its chroma 0.085.