#4E402B#4E402B

#4E402B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.038 H 77.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E402B
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 43)
HSL	hsl(36, 29%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(36, 45%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 44.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.01, 2.65, 15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.01, 15.34, 80.05°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0084 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.038 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4115, 5.4612, 3.0541)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E402B #2B394E

analogous

#4E2E2B #4E402B #4A4E2B

triadic

#4E402B #2B4E40 #402B4E

tetradic

#4E402B #2B4E2E #2B394E #4E2B4A

square

#4E402B #2B4E2E #2B394E #4E2B4A

split-complementary

#4E402B #2B4A4E #2E2B4E

monochromatic

#14100B #272015 #4E402B #756041 #9D8156

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#4E402B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E402B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E402B

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E402B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E402B	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49432C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e402b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.038 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807464',
    500: '#4e402b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e402b;
$custom-light: #807464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e402b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 28.926,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3804,
    "c": 0.03831,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E402B

secondary

#556680

accent

#8AC563

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0805

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E402B

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