#4E4940#4E4940

#4E4940 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.016 H 82.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4940
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(39, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 17.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 0.31, 6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 6.15, 87.12°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% 0.0021 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.016 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4498, 6.7551, 5.8136)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4940 #40454E

analogous

#4E4240 #4E4940 #4C4E40

triadic

#4E4940 #404E49 #49404E

tetradic

#4E4940 #404E42 #40454E #4E404C

square

#4E4940 #404E42 #40454E #4E404C

split-complementary

#4E4940 #404C4E #42404E

monochromatic

#11100E #2C2A24 #4E4940 #70685C #908878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#4E4940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E4940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4940

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4940	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B493F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.016 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b74',
    500: '#4e4940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4940;
$custom-light: #7f7b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4074,
    "c": 0.01607,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4940

secondary

#6D737D

accent

#8BB375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4940

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

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