#4E4020#4E4020

#4E4020 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.051 H 86.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4020
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 32)
HSL	hsl(42, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 59%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.82, 1.37, 21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.82, 21.70, 86.39°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.0034 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.051 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2362, 5.3911, 2.1310)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4020 #202E4E

analogous

#4E2920 #4E4020 #454E20

triadic

#4E4020 #204E40 #40204E

tetradic

#4E4020 #204E29 #202E4E #4E2045

square

#4E4020 #204E29 #202E4E #4E2045

split-complementary

#4E4020 #20454E #29204E

monochromatic

#161209 #231C0E #4E4020 #796432 #A58744

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#4E4020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E4020 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4020

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4020	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.051 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81745c',
    500: '#4e4020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4020;
$custom-light: #81745c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3783,
    "c": 0.05148,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4020

secondary

#475982

accent

#7CD256

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4020

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

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