#4E4740#4E4740

#4E4740 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.015 H 67.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4740
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 64)
HSL	hsl(30, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(30, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 17.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.63, 1.57, 5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.63, 5.50, 73.43°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.0057 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.015 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3205, 6.4965, 5.7705)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4740 #40474E

analogous

#4E4040 #4E4740 #4E4E40

triadic

#4E4740 #404E47 #47404E

tetradic

#4E4740 #404E40 #40474E #4E404E

square

#4E4740 #404E40 #40474E #4E404E

split-complementary

#4E4740 #404E4E #40404E

monochromatic

#110F0E #2C2824 #4E4740 #70665C #908478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#4E4740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E4740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4740

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4740	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.015 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a74',
    500: '#4e4740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4740;
$custom-light: #7f7a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40261,
    "c": 0.01488,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4740

secondary

#6D757D

accent

#94B375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4740

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

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