#4E4A40#4E4A40

#4E4A40 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.017 H 88.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A40
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(43, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 17.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.55, -0.32, 6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.55, 6.58, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.98% 0.0004 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(40.98% 0.017 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5160, 6.8875, 5.8357)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A40 #40444E

analogous

#4E4340 #4E4A40 #4B4E40

triadic

#4E4A40 #404E4A #4A404E

tetradic

#4E4A40 #404E43 #40444E #4E404B

square

#4E4A40 #404E43 #40444E #4E404B

split-complementary

#4E4A40 #404B4E #43404E

monochromatic

#11100E #2C2A24 #4E4A40 #706A5C #908978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#4E4A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E4A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A40

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A40	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.017 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c74',
    500: '#4e4a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a40;
$custom-light: #7f7c74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40982,
    "c": 0.01703,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A40

secondary

#6D717D

accent

#87B375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A40

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

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