#4E452C#4E452C

#4E452C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.041 H 90.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E452C
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 44)
HSL	hsl(44, 28%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(44, 44%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 43.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.56, -0.38, 16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.56, 16.51, 91.31°)
OKLab	oklab(39.27% -0.0003 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(39.27% 0.041 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7248, 6.0580, 3.2501)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E452C #2C354E

analogous

#4E342C #4E452C #464E2C

triadic

#4E452C #2C4E45 #452C4E

tetradic

#4E452C #2C4E34 #2C354E #4E2C46

square

#4E452C #2C4E34 #2C354E #4E2C46

split-complementary

#4E452C #2C464E #342C4E

monochromatic

#14110B #272216 #4E452C #756842 #9C8A58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#4E452C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E452C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E452C

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E452C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E452C	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)

#4A442A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D472D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53413F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e452c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.041 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807865',
    500: '#4e452c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e452c;
$custom-light: #807865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e452c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39265,
    "c": 0.04066,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E452C

secondary

#566180

accent

#7DC464

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0905

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E452C

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

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