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#4E413C

Umber · dark neutral

About #4E413C

#4E413C is a near-neutral, dark shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 25% green and 24% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 23% yellow and 69% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is similar to Umber (ΔE 8.2); Graphite comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #3C494E — a charcoal tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use dark tones like #4E413C for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 9.79:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (9.79:1).

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Red78
Green65
Blue60

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 8.2
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 8.7
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 9.6

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #4E413C

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #4E413C.
9.79:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #4E413C.
2.15:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E413C appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E413C
Protanopia (no red cones)
#44423C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#47453C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#523F40

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E413C?

#4E413C is a near-neutral, dark shade in the orange family. On screen it is built from 31% red, 25% green and 24% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 0% cyan, 17% magenta, 23% yellow and 69% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #4E413C?

Use white text. White on #4E413C has a contrast ratio of 9.79:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E413C?

Its complementary colour is #3C494E, and analogous partners are #4E3C40 and #4E4A3C.