#4E493E#4E493E

#4E493E is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.019 H 86.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E493E
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 11%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(41, 21%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 20.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, -0.06, 7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 7.35, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.0012 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.019 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3939, 6.7327, 5.5192)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E493E #3E434E

analogous

#4E413E #4E493E #4B4E3E

triadic

#4E493E #3E4E49 #493E4E

tetradic

#4E493E #3E4E41 #3E434E #4E3E4B

square

#4E493E #3E4E41 #3E434E #4E3E4B

split-complementary

#4E493E #3E4B4E #413E4E

monochromatic

#11100E #2C2923 #4E493E #706959 #918975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#4E493E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E493E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E493E

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E493E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E493E	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C493D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e493e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.019 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b73',
    500: '#4e493e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e493e;
$custom-light: #7f7b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e493e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 11.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40682,
    "c": 0.019,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E493E

secondary

#6B707D

accent

#88B473

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E493E

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