#4E4A42#4E4A42

#4E4A42 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.014 H 84.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A42
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(40, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 15.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.60, 0.06, 5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.60, 5.38, 89.38°)
OKLab	oklab(41.04% 0.0013 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(41.04% 0.014 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5740, 6.9107, 6.1408)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A42 #42464E

analogous

#4E4442 #4E4A42 #4C4E42

triadic

#4E4A42 #424E4A #4A424E

tetradic

#4E4A42 #424E44 #42464E #4E424C

square

#4E4A42 #424E44 #42464E #4E424C

split-complementary

#4E4A42 #424C4E #44424E

monochromatic

#11100E #2D2B26 #4E4A42 #6F695E #8F897B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#4E4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E4A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A42

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A42	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)

#4C4A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.014 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c76',
    500: '#4e4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a42;
$custom-light: #7f7c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41041,
    "c": 0.01405,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A42

secondary

#6F747D

accent

#8AB176

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A42

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

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