#4E4440#4E4440

#4E4440 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.015 H 43.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4440
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(17, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 17.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.72, 3.48, 3.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.72, 5.28, 48.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.55% 0.0112 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(39.55% 0.015 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1344, 6.1243, 5.7084)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4440 #404A4E

analogous

#4E4043 #4E4440 #4E4B40

triadic

#4E4440 #404E44 #44404E

tetradic

#4E4440 #434E40 #404A4E #4B404E

square

#4E4440 #434E40 #404A4E #4B404E

split-complementary

#4E4440 #404E4B #40434E

monochromatic

#110F0E #2C2724 #4E4440 #70615C #907F78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#4E4440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E4440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4440

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4440	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.015 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7774',
    500: '#4e4440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4440;
$custom-light: #7f7774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39549,
    "c": 0.01528,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4440

secondary

#6D787D

accent

#A1B375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0808

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4440

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

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