#4E4121#4E4121

#4E4121 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.051 H 87.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4121
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 33)
HSL	hsl(43, 41%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 57.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.14, 0.84, 21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.14, 21.46, 87.76°)
OKLab	oklab(38.09% 0.0019 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(38.09% 0.051 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3069, 5.5104, 2.2226)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4121 #212E4E

analogous

#4E2B21 #4E4121 #454E21

triadic

#4E4121 #214E41 #41214E

tetradic

#4E4121 #214E2B #212E4E #4E2145

square

#4E4121 #214E2B #212E4E #4E2145

split-complementary

#4E4121 #21454E #2B214E

monochromatic

#161209 #231D0F #4E4121 #796533 #A48945

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#4E4121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E4121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4121

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4121	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48401E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543C39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.051 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81755d',
    500: '#4e4121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4121;
$custom-light: #81755d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38088,
    "c": 0.05106,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4121

secondary

#495982

accent

#7AD057

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4121

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

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