#4E4039#4E4039

#4E4039 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.023 H 48.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4039
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 57)
HSL	hsl(20, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(20, 27%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 26.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.33, 4.78, 6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.33, 8.10, 53.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.0152 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.023 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7139, 5.5821, 4.6466)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4039 #39474E

analogous

#4E393D #4E4039 #4E4B39

triadic

#4E4039 #394E40 #40394E

tetradic

#4E4039 #3D4E39 #39474E #4B394E

square

#4E4039 #3D4E39 #39474E #4B394E

split-complementary

#4E4039 #394E4B #393D4E

monochromatic

#120F0D #2B231F #4E4039 #715D53 #947A6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#4E4039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E4039 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4039

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4039	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.023 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80746f',
    500: '#4e4039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4039;
$custom-light: #80746f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 15.556,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38399,
    "c": 0.02276,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4039

secondary

#65767E

accent

#A0B86F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#0A0807

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4039

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

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