#4E403A#4E403A

#4E403A is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.022 H 44.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E403A
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 58)
HSL	hsl(18, 15%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(18, 26%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 25.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.36, 4.95, 5.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.36, 7.73, 50.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% 0.0157 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.022 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7390, 5.5922, 4.7793)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E403A #3A484E

analogous

#4E3A3E #4E403A #4E4A3A

triadic

#4E403A #3A4E40 #403A4E

tetradic

#4E403A #3E4E3A #3A484E #4A3A4E

square

#4E403A #3E4E3A #3A484E #4A3A4E

split-complementary

#4E403A #3A4E4A #3A3E4E

monochromatic

#120E0D #2B2320 #4E403A #715D54 #947A6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#4E403A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E403A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E403A

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E403A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E403A	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43413A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47443A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e403a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.022 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807470',
    500: '#4e403a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e403a;
$custom-light: #807470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e403a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38428,
    "c": 0.02198,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E403A

secondary

#66777E

accent

#A2B770

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#0A0807

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E403A

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

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