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#4F372E

Walnut · dark warm orange

About #4F372E

With the hex code #4F372E, this is a dark orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 18% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 42% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Walnut — a ΔE of 5.3 — followed by Espresso. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #2E464F, a charcoal shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 10.95:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (10.95:1).

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Red79
Green55
Blue46

Closest named colours

Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 5.3
Espresso
#3B2A20 · ΔE 7.4
Cocoa
#4A2C17 · ΔE 10.5

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

Text on #4F372E

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on walnut #4F372E.
10.95:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on walnut #4F372E.
1.92:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4F372E appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4F372E
Protanopia (no red cones)
#3D3A2D
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#433E2E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#553335

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4F372E?

With the hex code #4F372E, this is a dark orange with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 22% green and 18% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 30% magenta, 42% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4F372E?

Use white text. White on #4F372E has a contrast ratio of 10.95:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4F372E?

Its complementary colour is #2E464F, and analogous partners are #4F2E36 and #4F482E.