#4E2A20Couch (#4E2A20) is a very dark, muted red with an OKLCH hue of 36°, lightness 0.33 and chroma 0.057. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #4E2A20 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(78, 42, 32) |
| HSL | hsl(13, 42%, 22%) |
| HSV | hsv(13, 59%, 31%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 46%, 59%, 69%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(21.5 15.5 13.8) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.329 0.057 36) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Couch is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#4f281d — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#502a1f — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#4e2a20 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#4e2a21 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Couch in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 12.53:1 and against black 1.68:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#c6aaa2 · #a2837a · #7f5d54 · #4e2a20 · #3b1a11 · #190200
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#6b4f30 · #613a21 · #4e2a20 · #421517 · #2e0814 · #1b010f
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#b2a78a · #aa7c70 · #7d6935 · #584f38 · #4e2a20 · #350f05
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#89cfe2 · #866a62 · #5e4e4a · #4e2a20 · #2b130c · #0b0201
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#eaf4f6 · #c1b4b1 · #7b8183 · #564a46 · #4e2a20 · #192123
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#ffede8 · #dcc7c1 · #b49c96 · #4e2a20 · #200602 · #ee6139
The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.
#ffede8 · #dcc7c1 · #b49c96 · #4e2a20 · #200602 · #d9c64e
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#c5dab9 · #cfb494 · #24868a · #425567 · #4e2a20 · #160e06
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e2f6fc · #8bc4bd · #5a85ab · #185852 · #4e2a20 · #0f2130
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e6f7ec · #99c3a8 · #747cad · #444a70 · #4e2a20 · #0f2418
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#eef5e5 · #adbf95 · #458b9d · #564368 · #4e2a20 · #05232a
#6A483E · #86675E · #A48880 · #C2AAA3 · #E0CDC8
#43231A · #381C14 · #2E150E · #240E08 · #1B0804
#492D25 · #442F29 · #3F322E
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.