#4A4438#4A4438

#4A4438 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.021 H 84.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4438
RGB	rgb(74, 68, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 14%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(40, 24%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 24.3%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.10, 0.24, 8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.10, 8.20, 88.35°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.002 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.021 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.6050, 5.8757, 4.5795)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4438 #383E4A

analogous

#4A3B38 #4A4438 #474A38

triadic

#4A4438 #384A44 #44384A

tetradic

#4A4438 #384A3B #383E4A #4A3847

square

#4A4438 #384A3B #383E4A #4A3847

split-complementary

#4A4438 #38474A #3B384A

monochromatic

#11100D #27241E #4A4438 #6D6452 #90846D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#4A4438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4A4438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4438

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4438	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4241

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 68, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.021 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c776e',
    500: '#4a4438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4438;
$custom-light: #7c776e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 13.846,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38888,
    "c": 0.02115,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4438

secondary

#646B7A

accent

#88B771

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#090807

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4438

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

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