#4E423C#4E423C

#4E423C is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.019 H 48.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E423C
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 60)
HSL	hsl(20, 13%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(20, 23%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 23.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.01, 4.02, 5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.01, 6.86, 54.11°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% 0.0129 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.019 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9057, 5.8426, 5.0907)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E423C #3C484E

analogous

#4E3C3F #4E423C #4E4B3C

triadic

#4E423C #3C4E42 #423C4E

tetradic

#4E423C #3F4E3C #3C484E #4B3C4E

square

#4E423C #3F4E3C #3C484E #4B3C4E

split-complementary

#4E423C #3C4E4B #3C3F4E

monochromatic

#110F0D #2B2521 #4E423C #715F57 #927D72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#4E423C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E423C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E423C

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E423C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E423C	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45433C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48453C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e423c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.019 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7671',
    500: '#4e423c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e423c;
$custom-light: #7f7671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e423c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38956,
    "c": 0.0194,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E423C

secondary

#68767D

accent

#9FB672

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#0A0807

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E423C

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

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