#4E462C#4E462C

#4E462C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.042 H 93.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E462C
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 28%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(46, 44%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 43.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, -1.00, 16.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 16.94, 93.40°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% -0.0022 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.042 93)
XYZ	xyz(5.7868, 6.1821, 3.2708)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E462C #2C344E

analogous

#4E352C #4E462C #454E2C

triadic

#4E462C #2C4E46 #462C4E

tetradic

#4E462C #2C4E35 #2C344E #4E2C45

square

#4E462C #2C4E35 #2C344E #4E2C45

split-complementary

#4E462C #2C454E #352C4E

monochromatic

#14120B #272316 #4E462C #756942 #9C8C58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E462C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E462C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E462C

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E462C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E462C	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D472D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53423F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e462c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.042 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807965',
    500: '#4e462c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e462c;
$custom-light: #807965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e462c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39508,
    "c": 0.04165,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.06182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E462C

secondary

#566080

accent

#7AC464

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0905

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E462C

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

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