#4E4742#4E4742

#4E4742 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.013 H 57.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4742
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 66)
HSL	hsl(25, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(25, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 15.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.69, 1.95, 4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.69, 4.51, 64.42°)
OKLab	oklab(40.32% 0.0067 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(40.32% 0.013 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3784, 6.5196, 6.0756)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4742 #42494E

analogous

#4E4243 #4E4742 #4E4D42

triadic

#4E4742 #424E47 #47424E

tetradic

#4E4742 #434E42 #42494E #4D424E

square

#4E4742 #434E42 #42494E #4D424E

split-complementary

#4E4742 #424E4D #42434E

monochromatic

#110F0E #2D2926 #4E4742 #6F655E #8F847B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#4E4742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E4742 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4742

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4742	1.00	9.11	2.30	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.013 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a76',
    500: '#4e4742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4742;
$custom-light: #7f7a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40322,
    "c": 0.01258,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4742

secondary

#6F777D

accent

#99B176

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4742

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

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