#4E402C#4E402C

#4E402C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.037 H 76.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E402C
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 44)
HSL	hsl(35, 28%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(35, 44%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 43.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.03, 2.79, 14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.03, 14.77, 79.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.06% 0.0089 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(38.06% 0.037 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.4301, 5.4686, 3.1519)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E402C #2C3A4E

analogous

#4E2F2C #4E402C #4B4E2C

triadic

#4E402C #2C4E40 #402C4E

tetradic

#4E402C #2C4E2F #2C3A4E #4E2C4B

square

#4E402C #2C4E2F #2C3A4E #4E2C4B

split-complementary

#4E402C #2C4B4E #2F2C4E

monochromatic

#14100B #272016 #4E402C #756042 #9C8058

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#4E402C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E402C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E402C

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E402C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E402C	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46402B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49442C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533C3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e402c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.037 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807465',
    500: '#4e402c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e402c;
$custom-light: #807465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e402c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38062,
    "c": 0.03708,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E402C

secondary

#566780

accent

#8BC464

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0805

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E402C

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