#4E4122#4E4122

#4E4122 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.050 H 87.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4122
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 34)
HSL	hsl(42, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.16, 0.94, 20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.16, 20.89, 87.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% 0.0024 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.05 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3211, 5.5161, 2.2975)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4122 #222F4E

analogous

#4E2B22 #4E4122 #454E22

triadic

#4E4122 #224E41 #41224E

tetradic

#4E4122 #224E2B #222F4E #4E2245

square

#4E4122 #224E2B #222F4E #4E2245

split-complementary

#4E4122 #22454E #2B224E

monochromatic

#151209 #231D0F #4E4122 #796535 #A38847

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#4E4122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E4122 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4122

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4122	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48401F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.050 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81755e',
    500: '#4e4122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4122;
$custom-light: #81755e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.273,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38105,
    "c": 0.04989,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4122

secondary

#4A5A82

accent

#7CCF59

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4122

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

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