#4E442C#4E442C

#4E442C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.040 H 87.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E442C
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 44)
HSL	hsl(42, 28%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(42, 44%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 43.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 0.25, 16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 16.11, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(39.02% 0.0015 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(39.02% 0.04 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6638, 5.9360, 3.2298)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E442C #2C364E

analogous

#4E332C #4E442C #474E2C

triadic

#4E442C #2C4E44 #442C4E

tetradic

#4E442C #2C4E33 #2C364E #4E2C47

square

#4E442C #2C4E33 #2C364E #4E2C47

split-complementary

#4E442C #2C474E #332C4E

monochromatic

#14110B #272216 #4E442C #756642 #9C8858

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#4E442C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E442C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E442C

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E442C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E442C	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49432A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C462D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53403E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e442c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.040 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807765',
    500: '#4e442c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e442c;
$custom-light: #807765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e442c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39022,
    "c": 0.03976,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E442C

secondary

#566280

accent

#80C464

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0805

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E442C

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

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