#4B4E39#4B4E39

#4B4E39 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.034 H 114.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4E39
RGB	rgb(75, 78, 57)
HSL	hsl(69, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(69, 27%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 26.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.35, -5.36, 12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.35, 13.20, 113.94°)
OKLab	oklab(41.49% -0.0139 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(41.49% 0.034 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3645, 7.2401, 4.9323)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4E39 #3C394E

analogous

#4E4739 #4B4E39 #414E39

triadic

#4B4E39 #394B4E #4E394B

tetradic

#4B4E39 #394E47 #3C394E #4E3941

square

#4B4E39 #394E47 #3C394E #4E3941

split-complementary

#4B4E39 #39414E #47394E

monochromatic

#11120D #292B1F #4B4E39 #6D7153 #8F946D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#4B4E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4B4E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4E39

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4E39	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4C48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 78, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.034 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7f6f',
    500: '#4b4e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4e39;
$custom-light: #7d7f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 15.556,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41488,
    "c": 0.03355,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4E39

secondary

#69657E

accent

#6FB87A

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#090A07

muted

#7B7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4E39

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

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