#4E4137#4E4137

#4E4137 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.024 H 59.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4137
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 55)
HSL	hsl(26, 17%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(26, 29%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 29.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.58, 3.80, 8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.58, 9.03, 65.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.58% 0.0124 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(38.58% 0.024 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7218, 5.6763, 4.4079)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4137 #37444E

analogous

#4E3738 #4E4137 #4E4C37

triadic

#4E4137 #374E41 #41374E

tetradic

#4E4137 #384E37 #37444E #4C374E

square

#4E4137 #384E37 #37444E #4C374E

split-complementary

#4E4137 #374E4C #37384E

monochromatic

#120F0D #2A231E #4E4137 #725F50 #967D6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#4E4137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E4137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4137

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4137	1.00	9.84	2.14	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.024 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80756d',
    500: '#4e4137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4137;
$custom-light: #80756d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.087,
    "s": 17.293,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38576,
    "c": 0.0244,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4137

secondary

#63727E

accent

#99BA6E

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0807

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4137

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

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