#4E4840#4E4840

#4E4840 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.015 H 75.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4840
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(34, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 17.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.94, 0.94, 5.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.94, 5.78, 80.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% 0.0039 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.015 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3846, 6.6247, 5.7919)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4840 #40464E

analogous

#4E4140 #4E4840 #4D4E40

triadic

#4E4840 #404E48 #48404E

tetradic

#4E4840 #404E41 #40464E #4E404D

square

#4E4840 #404E41 #40464E #4E404D

split-complementary

#4E4840 #404D4E #41404E

monochromatic

#11100E #2C2924 #4E4840 #70675C #908678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#4E4840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E4840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4840

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4840	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.015 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a74',
    500: '#4e4840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4840;
$custom-light: #7f7a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.405,
    "c": 0.01535,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4840

secondary

#6D747D

accent

#8FB375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4840

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