#4E4A41#4E4A41

#4E4A41 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.016 H 86.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A41
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 9%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(42, 17%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 16.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, -0.13, 5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 5.98, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(41.01% 0.0008 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(41.01% 0.016 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5447, 6.8990, 5.9869)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A41 #41454E

analogous

#4E4341 #4E4A41 #4B4E41

triadic

#4E4A41 #414E4A #4A414E

tetradic

#4E4A41 #414E43 #41454E #4E414B

square

#4E4A41 #414E43 #41454E #4E414B

split-complementary

#4E4A41 #414B4E #43414E

monochromatic

#11100E #2D2A25 #4E4A41 #6F6A5D #90897A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#4E4A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E4A41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A41

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A41	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.016 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c75',
    500: '#4e4a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a41;
$custom-light: #7f7c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41011,
    "c": 0.01553,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A41

secondary

#6E737D

accent

#88B276

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A41

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

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