#4B4E37#4B4E37

#4B4E37 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.037 H 114.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4E37
RGB	rgb(75, 78, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 17%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(68, 29%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 29.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.30, -5.69, 13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.30, 14.42, 113.23°)
OKLab	oklab(41.44% -0.0149 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(41.44% 0.037 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3156, 7.2205, 4.6747)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4E37 #3A374E

analogous

#4E4537 #4B4E37 #3F4E37

triadic

#4B4E37 #374B4E #4E374B

tetradic

#4B4E37 #374E45 #3A374E #4E373F

square

#4B4E37 #374E45 #3A374E #4E373F

split-complementary

#4B4E37 #373F4E #45374E

monochromatic

#11120D #282A1E #4B4E37 #6E7250 #90966A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#4B4E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4B4E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4E37

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4E37	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 78, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.037 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7f6e',
    500: '#4b4e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4e37;
$custom-light: #7d7f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 17.293,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41439,
    "c": 0.03653,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4E37

secondary

#66637E

accent

#6EBA78

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEB

border

#C9C9C6

text

#090A07

muted

#7B7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4E37

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

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