#4E452A#4E452A

#4E452A is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.043 H 91.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E452A
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 30%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(45, 46%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 46.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.52, -0.64, 17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.52, 17.71, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% -0.0013 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.043 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6881, 6.0433, 3.0569)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E452A #2A334E

analogous

#4E332A #4E452A #454E2A

triadic

#4E452A #2A4E45 #452A4E

tetradic

#4E452A #2A4E33 #2A334E #4E2A45

square

#4E452A #2A4E33 #2A334E #4E2A45

split-complementary

#4E452A #2A454E #332A4E

monochromatic

#14120B #262215 #4E452A #76683F #9E8B55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#4E452A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E452A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E452A

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E452A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E452A	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D472B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53413E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e452a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.043 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807864',
    500: '#4e452a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e452a;
$custom-light: #807864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e452a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39224,
    "c": 0.04332,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E452A

secondary

#545F80

accent

#7BC662

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDEA

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0905

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E452A

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

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