#4E4541#4E4541

#4E4541 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.014 H 45.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4541
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 65)
HSL	hsl(18, 9%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(18, 17%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 16.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.05, 3.03, 3.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.05, 4.86, 51.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.82% 0.0098 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(39.82% 0.014 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2241, 6.2577, 5.8800)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4541 #414A4E

analogous

#4E4143 #4E4541 #4E4B41

triadic

#4E4541 #414E45 #45414E

tetradic

#4E4541 #434E41 #414A4E #4B414E

square

#4E4541 #434E41 #414A4E #4B414E

split-complementary

#4E4541 #414E4B #41434E

monochromatic

#110F0E #2D2725 #4E4541 #6F635D #90807A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#4E4541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E4541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4541

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4541	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.014 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7875',
    500: '#4e4541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4541;
$custom-light: #7f7875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39816,
    "c": 0.01401,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4541

secondary

#6E787D

accent

#A0B276

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4541

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

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