#4E4228#4E4228

#4E4228 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.043 H 85.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4228
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 40)
HSL	hsl(41, 32%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(41, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 48.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.56, 1.00, 17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.56, 17.74, 86.77°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0033 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.043 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4733, 5.6696, 2.8131)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4228 #28344E

analogous

#4E2F28 #4E4228 #474E28

triadic

#4E4228 #284E42 #42284E

tetradic

#4E4228 #284E2F #28344E #4E2847

square

#4E4228 #284E2F #28344E #4E2847

split-complementary

#4E4228 #28474E #2F284E

monochromatic

#14110A #262013 #4E4228 #76643D #9F8651

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#4E4228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E4228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4228

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4228	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543E3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.043 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807662',
    500: '#4e4228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4228;
$custom-light: #807662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38457,
    "c": 0.04332,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4228

secondary

#516081

accent

#81C85F

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDEA

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0805

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4228

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

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