#4E493F#4E493F

#4E493F is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.018 H 84.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E493F
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 63)
HSL	hsl(40, 11%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(40, 19%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 19.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, 0.13, 6.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 6.74, 88.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.71% 0.0017 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(40.71% 0.018 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4216, 6.7438, 5.6651)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E493F #3F444E

analogous

#4E423F #4E493F #4B4E3F

triadic

#4E493F #3F4E49 #493F4E

tetradic

#4E493F #3F4E42 #3F444E #4E3F4B

square

#4E493F #3F4E42 #3F444E #4E3F4B

split-complementary

#4E493F #3F4B4E #423F4E

monochromatic

#11100E #2C2924 #4E493F #70695A #918877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#4E493F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E493F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E493F

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E493F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E493F	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C493E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e493f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.018 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b74',
    500: '#4e493f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e493f;
$custom-light: #7f7b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e493f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 10.638,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40711,
    "c": 0.01753,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E493F

secondary

#6C727D

accent

#89B474

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E493F

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

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