#4E4224#4E4224

#4E4224 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.048 H 88.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4224
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 36)
HSL	hsl(43, 37%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(43, 54%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 53.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.50, 0.53, 20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.50, 20.08, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.0014 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.048 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4087, 5.6438, 2.4732)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4224 #24304E

analogous

#4E2D24 #4E4224 #454E24

triadic

#4E4224 #244E42 #42244E

tetradic

#4E4224 #244E2D #24304E #4E2445

square

#4E4224 #244E2D #24304E #4E2445

split-complementary

#4E4224 #24454E #2D244E

monochromatic

#15120A #241F11 #4E4224 #786537 #A2894B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4E4224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E4224 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4224

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4224	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.048 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81765f',
    500: '#4e4224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4224;
$custom-light: #81765f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38381,
    "c": 0.04827,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4224

secondary

#4C5C81

accent

#7CCD5B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4224

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

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