#4E493D#4E493D

#4E493D is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.020 H 88.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E493D
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 12%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(42, 22%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 21.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.16, -0.24, 7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.16, 7.95, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% 0.0007 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.02 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3667, 6.7218, 5.3760)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E493D #3D424E

analogous

#4E413D #4E493D #4B4E3D

triadic

#4E493D #3D4E49 #493D4E

tetradic

#4E493D #3D4E41 #3D424E #4E3D4B

square

#4E493D #3D4E41 #3D424E #4E3D4B

split-complementary

#4E493D #3D4B4E #413D4E

monochromatic

#11100D #2C2922 #4E493D #706958 #928973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#4E493D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E493D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E493D

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E493D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E493D	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C493C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e493d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.020 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b72',
    500: '#4e493d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e493d;
$custom-light: #7f7b72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e493d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 12.23,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40654,
    "c": 0.02047,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E493D

secondary

#6A6F7D

accent

#86B573

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E493D

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

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