#4E462B#4E462B

#4E462B is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.043 H 93.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E462B
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 29%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 44.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.85, -1.14, 17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.85, 17.54, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.49% -0.0026 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(39.49% 0.043 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7682, 6.1746, 3.1730)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E462B #2B334E

analogous

#4E342B #4E462B #444E2B

triadic

#4E462B #2B4E46 #462B4E

tetradic

#4E462B #2B4E34 #2B334E #4E2B44

square

#4E462B #2B4E34 #2B334E #4E2B44

split-complementary

#4E462B #2B444E #342B4E

monochromatic

#14120B #272315 #4E462B #756941 #9D8D56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4E462B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E462B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E462B

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E462B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E462B	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D472C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53423F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e462b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.043 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807964',
    500: '#4e462b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e462b;
$custom-light: #807964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e462b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 28.926,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39488,
    "c": 0.04299,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E462B

secondary

#555F80

accent

#79C563

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0905

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E462B

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

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