#4E4537#4E4537

#4E4537 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.026 H 78.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4537
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 17%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(37, 29%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 29.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.79, 1.26, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.79, 9.95, 82.75°)
OKLab	oklab(39.53% 0.005 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(39.53% 0.026 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9596, 6.1520, 4.4872)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4537 #37404E

analogous

#4E3937 #4E4537 #4B4E37

triadic

#4E4537 #374E45 #45374E

tetradic

#4E4537 #374E39 #37404E #4E374B

square

#4E4537 #374E39 #37404E #4E374B

split-complementary

#4E4537 #374B4E #39374E

monochromatic

#12100D #2A251E #4E4537 #726550 #96846A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#4E4537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E4537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4537

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4537	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524241

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.026 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80786d',
    500: '#4e4537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4537;
$custom-light: #80786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 17.293,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39526,
    "c": 0.02565,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4537

secondary

#636D7E

accent

#8CBA6E

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4537

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

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