#4C4840#4C4840

#4C4840 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.014 H 84.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C4840
RGB	rgb(76, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 9%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(40, 16%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 15.8%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.74, 0.06, 5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.74, 5.40, 89.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.3% 0.0013 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(40.3% 0.014 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2232, 6.5415, 5.7843)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C4840 #40444C

analogous

#4C4240 #4C4840 #4A4C40

triadic

#4C4840 #404C48 #48404C

tetradic

#4C4840 #404C42 #40444C #4C404A

square

#4C4840 #404C42 #40444C #4C404A

split-complementary

#4C4840 #404A4C #42404C

monochromatic

#11100E #2B2924 #4C4840 #6D675C #8E8779

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#4C4840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4C4840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C4840

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C4840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C4840	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c4840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.014 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7a74',
    500: '#4c4840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c4840;
$custom-light: #7e7a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c4840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 8.571,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40297,
    "c": 0.01411,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C4840

secondary

#6D727B

accent

#8AB276

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#090908

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C4840

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

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