#4E4237#4E4237

#4E4237 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.024 H 64.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4237
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 17%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(29, 29%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 29.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.88, 3.16, 8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.88, 9.17, 69.83°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0105 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.024 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7797, 5.7922, 4.4272)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4237 #37434E

analogous

#4E3737 #4E4237 #4E4D37

triadic

#4E4237 #374E42 #42374E

tetradic

#4E4237 #374E37 #37434E #4D374E

square

#4E4237 #374E37 #37434E #4D374E

split-complementary

#4E4237 #374E4D #37374E

monochromatic

#120F0D #2A241E #4E4237 #726050 #967F6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#4E4237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E4237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4237

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4237	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523F3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.024 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80766d',
    500: '#4e4237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4237;
$custom-light: #80766d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.696,
    "s": 17.293,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38811,
    "c": 0.02444,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4237

secondary

#63717E

accent

#96BA6E

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0807

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4237

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

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