#4E483C#4E483C

#4E483C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.021 H 84.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E483C
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 13%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(40, 23%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 23.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.83, 0.22, 8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.83, 8.12, 88.48°)
OKLab	oklab(40.38% 0.002 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(40.38% 0.021 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2749, 6.5808, 5.2138)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E483C #3C424E

analogous

#4E3F3C #4E483C #4B4E3C

triadic

#4E483C #3C4E48 #483C4E

tetradic

#4E483C #3C4E3F #3C424E #4E3C4B

square

#4E483C #3C4E3F #3C424E #4E3C4B

split-complementary

#4E483C #3C4B4E #3F3C4E

monochromatic

#11100D #2B2821 #4E483C #716857 #928872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#4E483C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E483C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E483C

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E483C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E483C	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B483B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D493C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e483c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.021 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a71',
    500: '#4e483c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e483c;
$custom-light: #7f7a71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e483c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40384,
    "c": 0.02098,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E483C

secondary

#686F7D

accent

#89B672

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E483C

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