#4E4942#4E4942

#4E4942 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.013 H 76.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4942
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(35, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 15.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 0.69, 4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 4.99, 82.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.8% 0.0031 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(40.8% 0.013 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5077, 6.7782, 6.1187)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4942 #42474E

analogous

#4E4342 #4E4942 #4D4E42

triadic

#4E4942 #424E49 #49424E

tetradic

#4E4942 #424E43 #42474E #4E424D

square

#4E4942 #424E43 #42474E #4E424D

split-complementary

#4E4942 #424D4E #43424E

monochromatic

#11100E #2D2A26 #4E4942 #6F685E #8F877B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#4E4942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E4942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4942

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4942	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.013 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b76',
    500: '#4e4942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4942;
$custom-light: #7f7b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40801,
    "c": 0.01325,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4942

secondary

#6F757D

accent

#8FB176

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4942

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

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