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#4E513F

Umber · dark warm green

About #4E513F

With the hex code #4E513F, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 32% green and 25% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 68% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Umber — a ΔE of 10.9 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #423F51, a charcoal shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.16:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.16:1).

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Red78
Green81
Blue63

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 10.9
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 15.2
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 15.8

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

Text on #4E513F

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #4E513F.
8.16:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #4E513F.
2.57:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E513F appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E513F
Protanopia (no red cones)
#544F3E
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#534F40
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#504F4C

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E513F?

With the hex code #4E513F, this is a dark green with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 32% green and 25% blue, while a printer would mix 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 22% yellow and 68% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E513F?

Use white text. White on #4E513F has a contrast ratio of 8.16:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E513F?

Its complementary colour is #423F51, and analogous partners are #514B3F and #45513F.