#4E4230#4E4230

#4E4230 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.033 H 77.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4230
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 48)
HSL	hsl(36, 24%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(36, 38%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 38.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, 2.07, 12.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 13.05, 80.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.0071 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.033 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6237, 5.7298, 3.6055)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4230 #303C4E

analogous

#4E3330 #4E4230 #4B4E30

triadic

#4E4230 #304E42 #42304E

tetradic

#4E4230 #304E33 #303C4E #4E304B

square

#4E4230 #304E33 #303C4E #4E304B

split-complementary

#4E4230 #304B4E #33304E

monochromatic

#13100C #282219 #4E4230 #746247 #9A825F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#4E4230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E4230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4230

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4230	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47422F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533F3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.033 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807668',
    500: '#4e4230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4230;
$custom-light: #807668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38631,
    "c": 0.03307,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4230

secondary

#5B697F

accent

#8BC068

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0806

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4230

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

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