#4E4642#4E4642

#4E4642 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.013 H 48.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4642
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(20, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 15.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, 2.58, 3.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 4.46, 54.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% 0.0085 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.013 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3154, 6.3935, 6.0546)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4642 #424A4E

analogous

#4E4244 #4E4642 #4E4C42

triadic

#4E4642 #424E46 #46424E

tetradic

#4E4642 #444E42 #424A4E #4C424E

square

#4E4642 #444E42 #424A4E #4C424E

split-complementary

#4E4642 #424E4C #42444E

monochromatic

#110F0E #2D2826 #4E4642 #6F645E #8F827B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#4E4642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E4642 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4642

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4642	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.013 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7976',
    500: '#4e4642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4642;
$custom-light: #7f7976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40085,
    "c": 0.01277,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4642

secondary

#6F787D

accent

#9EB176

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4642

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

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