#494337#494337

#494337 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.021 H 84.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494337
RGB	rgb(73, 67, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 14%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(40, 25%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 24.7%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.66, 0.24, 8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.66, 8.22, 88.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.51% 0.002 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(38.51% 0.021 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4444, 5.7067, 4.4284)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494337 #373D49

analogous

#493A37 #494337 #464937

triadic

#494337 #374943 #433749

tetradic

#494337 #37493A #373D49 #493746

square

#494337 #37493A #373D49 #493746

split-complementary

#494337 #374649 #3A3749

monochromatic

#11100D #26231D #494337 #6C6351 #8F836C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#494337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#494337 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494337

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494337	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 67, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.021 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c776d',
    500: '#494337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494337;
$custom-light: #7c776d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 14.062,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38512,
    "c": 0.0212,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494337

secondary

#636A79

accent

#88B771

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#090807

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #494337

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

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