#4E403B#4E403B

#4E403B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.021 H 40.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E403B
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 59)
HSL	hsl(16, 14%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(16, 24%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 24.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.39, 5.13, 5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.39, 7.39, 46.05°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0162 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.021 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7647, 5.6025, 4.9145)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E403B #3B494E

analogous

#4E3B40 #4E403B #4E4A3B

triadic

#4E403B #3B4E40 #403B4E

tetradic

#4E403B #404E3B #3B494E #4A3B4E

square

#4E403B #404E3B #3B494E #4A3B4E

split-complementary

#4E403B #3B4E4A #3B404E

monochromatic

#110E0D #2B2321 #4E403B #715D55 #937970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#4E403B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E403B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E403B

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E403B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E403B	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#43413B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47443B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e403b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.021 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807470',
    500: '#4e403b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e403b;
$custom-light: #807470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e403b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 13.869,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38458,
    "c": 0.02129,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E403B

secondary

#67787E

accent

#A4B771

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#0A0807

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E403B

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

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