#4E452B#4E452B

#4E452B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.042 H 91.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E452B
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 29%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(45, 45%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 44.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.54, -0.51, 17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.54, 17.11, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.24% -0.0008 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(39.24% 0.042 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7062, 6.0506, 3.1523)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E452B #2B344E

analogous

#4E332B #4E452B #454E2B

triadic

#4E452B #2B4E45 #452B4E

tetradic

#4E452B #2B4E33 #2B344E #4E2B45

square

#4E452B #2B4E33 #2B344E #4E2B45

split-complementary

#4E452B #2B454E #332B4E

monochromatic

#14110B #272215 #4E452B #756841 #9D8B56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#4E452B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E452B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E452B

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E452B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E452B	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D472C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53413E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e452b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.042 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807864',
    500: '#4e452b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e452b;
$custom-light: #807864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e452b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 28.926,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39244,
    "c": 0.042,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E452B

secondary

#556080

accent

#7CC563

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0905

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E452B

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

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