#4E4539#4E4539

#4E4539 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.023 H 74.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4539
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 57)
HSL	hsl(34, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(34, 27%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 26.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, 1.59, 8.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 8.80, 79.59°)
OKLab	oklab(39.58% 0.006 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(39.58% 0.023 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0086, 6.1715, 4.7448)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4539 #39424E

analogous

#4E3B39 #4E4539 #4D4E39

triadic

#4E4539 #394E45 #45394E

tetradic

#4E4539 #394E3B #39424E #4E394D

square

#4E4539 #394E3B #39424E #4E394D

split-complementary

#4E4539 #394D4E #3B394E

monochromatic

#12100D #2B261F #4E4539 #716453 #94846D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4E4539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E4539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4539

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4539	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.023 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80786f',
    500: '#4e4539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4539;
$custom-light: #80786f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 15.556,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3958,
    "c": 0.02299,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4539

secondary

#65707E

accent

#8FB86F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4539

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

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