#4E4038#4E4038

#4E4038 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.024 H 51.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4038
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(22, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 28.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.31, 4.61, 7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.31, 8.51, 57.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% 0.0147 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.024 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6892, 5.5722, 4.5165)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4038 #38464E

analogous

#4E383B #4E4038 #4E4B38

triadic

#4E4038 #384E40 #40384E

tetradic

#4E4038 #3B4E38 #38464E #4B384E

square

#4E4038 #3B4E38 #38464E #4B384E

split-complementary

#4E4038 #384E4B #383B4E

monochromatic

#120F0D #2A231E #4E4038 #725D52 #957B6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#4E4038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E4038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4038

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4038	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.024 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80746e',
    500: '#4e4038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4038;
$custom-light: #80746e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3837,
    "c": 0.02362,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4038

secondary

#64747E

accent

#9EB96F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0807

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4038

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

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