#4E493C#4E493C

#4E493C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.022 H 89.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E493C
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 60)
HSL	hsl(43, 13%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(43, 23%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 23.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, -0.41, 8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 8.56, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.63% 0.0002 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(40.63% 0.022 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3400, 6.7112, 5.2355)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E493C #3C414E

analogous

#4E403C #4E493C #4A4E3C

triadic

#4E493C #3C4E49 #493C4E

tetradic

#4E493C #3C4E40 #3C414E #4E3C4A

square

#4E493C #3C4E40 #3C414E #4E3C4A

split-complementary

#4E493C #3C4A4E #403C4E

monochromatic

#11100D #2B2921 #4E493C #716957 #928972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#4E493C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E493C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E493C

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E493C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E493C	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C483B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e493c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.022 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b71',
    500: '#4e493c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e493c;
$custom-light: #7f7b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e493c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40626,
    "c": 0.02195,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E493C

secondary

#686E7D

accent

#85B672

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E493C

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