#4E483B#4E483B

#4E483B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.022 H 86.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E483B
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 59)
HSL	hsl(41, 14%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(41, 24%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 24.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, 0.04, 8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 8.72, 89.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.36% 0.0015 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(40.36% 0.022 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2487, 6.5703, 5.0759)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E483B #3B414E

analogous

#4E3F3B #4E483B #4B4E3B

triadic

#4E483B #3B4E48 #483B4E

tetradic

#4E483B #3B4E3F #3B414E #4E3B4B

square

#4E483B #3B4E3F #3B414E #4E3B4B

split-complementary

#4E483B #3B4B4E #3F3B4E

monochromatic

#11100D #2B2821 #4E483B #716855 #938870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#4E483B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E483B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E483B

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E483B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E483B	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B483A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D493B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e483b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.022 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a71',
    500: '#4e483b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e483b;
$custom-light: #7f7a71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e483b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 13.869,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40356,
    "c": 0.02243,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E483B

secondary

#676E7E

accent

#87B771

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E483B

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