#4E4538#4E4538

#4E4538 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.024 H 77.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4538
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(35, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 28.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, 1.42, 9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 9.37, 81.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.55% 0.0055 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(39.55% 0.024 77)
XYZ	xyz(5.9839, 6.1616, 4.6147)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4538 #38414E

analogous

#4E3A38 #4E4538 #4C4E38

triadic

#4E4538 #384E45 #45384E

tetradic

#4E4538 #384E3A #38414E #4E384C

square

#4E4538 #384E3A #38414E #4E384C

split-complementary

#4E4538 #384C4E #3A384E

monochromatic

#12100D #2A251E #4E4538 #726552 #95846B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#4E4538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E4538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4538

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4538	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524241

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.024 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80786e',
    500: '#4e4538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4538;
$custom-light: #80786e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.455,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39553,
    "c": 0.02432,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.06161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4538

secondary

#646F7E

accent

#8DB96F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4538

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

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