#4E4138#4E4138

#4E4138 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.023 H 56.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4138
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 56)
HSL	hsl(25, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(25, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 28.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 3.97, 7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 8.55, 62.36°)
OKLab	oklab(38.6% 0.0129 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(38.6% 0.023 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7460, 5.6860, 4.5354)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4138 #38454E

analogous

#4E383A #4E4138 #4E4C38

triadic

#4E4138 #384E41 #41384E

tetradic

#4E4138 #3A4E38 #38454E #4C384E

square

#4E4138 #3A4E38 #38454E #4C384E

split-complementary

#4E4138 #384E4C #383A4E

monochromatic

#120F0D #2A231E #4E4138 #725F52 #957C6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#4E4138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E4138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4138

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4138	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.023 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80756e',
    500: '#4e4138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4138;
$custom-light: #80756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.545,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38604,
    "c": 0.02337,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4138

secondary

#64737E

accent

#9BB96F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0807

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4138

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

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