#4E4223#4E4223

#4E4223 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.049 H 88.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4223
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 38%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(43, 55%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 55.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, 0.42, 20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 20.66, 88.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.36% 0.001 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(38.36% 0.049 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3937, 5.6377, 2.3939)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4223 #232F4E

analogous

#4E2D23 #4E4223 #454E23

triadic

#4E4223 #234E42 #42234E

tetradic

#4E4223 #234E2D #232F4E #4E2345

square

#4E4223 #234E2D #232F4E #4E2345

split-complementary

#4E4223 #23454E #2D234E

monochromatic

#151209 #241E10 #4E4223 #786636 #A28949

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4E4223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E4223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4223

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4223	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.049 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81765e',
    500: '#4e4223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4223;
$custom-light: #81765e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.256,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38364,
    "c": 0.04948,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4223

secondary

#4B5A82

accent

#7ACE5A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4223

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

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