#4E4540#4E4540

#4E4540 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.015 H 51.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4540
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(21, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 17.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.03, 2.84, 4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.03, 5.25, 57.24°)
OKLab	oklab(39.78% 0.0093 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(39.78% 0.015 51)
XYZ	xyz(6.1954, 6.2463, 5.7288)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4540 #40494E

analogous

#4E4042 #4E4540 #4E4C40

triadic

#4E4540 #404E45 #45404E

tetradic

#4E4540 #424E40 #40494E #4C404E

square

#4E4540 #424E40 #40494E #4C404E

split-complementary

#4E4540 #404E4C #40424E

monochromatic

#110F0E #2C2724 #4E4540 #70635C #908178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4E4540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E4540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4540

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4540	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.015 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7874',
    500: '#4e4540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4540;
$custom-light: #7f7874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39785,
    "c": 0.01485,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.06246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4540

secondary

#6D777D

accent

#9DB375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4540

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

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