#4E4838#4E4838

#4E4838 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.027 H 89.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4838
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(44, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 28.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.74, -0.47, 10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.74, 10.54, 92.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.28% 0 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(40.28% 0.027 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1731, 6.5401, 4.6778)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4838 #383E4E

analogous

#4E3D38 #4E4838 #494E38

triadic

#4E4838 #384E48 #48384E

tetradic

#4E4838 #384E3D #383E4E #4E3849

square

#4E4838 #384E3D #383E4E #4E3849

split-complementary

#4E4838 #38494E #3D384E

monochromatic

#12100D #2A271E #4E4838 #726952 #958A6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#4E4838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E4838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4838

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4838	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.027 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807a6e',
    500: '#4e4838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4838;
$custom-light: #807a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40276,
    "c": 0.0268,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4838

secondary

#646B7E

accent

#83B96F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4838

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

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