#4E4640#4E4640

#4E4640 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.015 H 59.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4640
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 64)
HSL	hsl(26, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(26, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 17.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 2.20, 4.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 5.32, 65.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.0075 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.015 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2574, 6.3703, 5.7495)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4640 #40484E

analogous

#4E4041 #4E4640 #4E4D40

triadic

#4E4640 #404E46 #46404E

tetradic

#4E4640 #414E40 #40484E #4D404E

square

#4E4640 #414E40 #40484E #4D404E

split-complementary

#4E4640 #404E4D #40414E

monochromatic

#110F0E #2C2824 #4E4640 #70645C #908278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#4E4640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E4640 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4640

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4640	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.015 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7974',
    500: '#4e4640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4640;
$custom-light: #7f7974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40022,
    "c": 0.01471,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4640

secondary

#6D767D

accent

#98B375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4640

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

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