#4E4828#4E4828

#4E4828 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.049 H 98.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4828
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 32%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 48.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.42, -2.75, 20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.42, 20.25, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% -0.0076 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.049 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.8424, 6.4078, 2.9362)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4828 #282E4E

analogous

#4E3528 #4E4828 #414E28

triadic

#4E4828 #284E48 #48284E

tetradic

#4E4828 #284E35 #282E4E #4E2841

square

#4E4828 #284E35 #282E4E #4E2841

split-complementary

#4E4828 #28414E #35284E

monochromatic

#14130A #262313 #4E4828 #766D3D #9F9351

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#4E4828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E4828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4828

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4828	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.049 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807a62',
    500: '#4e4828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4828;
$custom-light: #807a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39922,
    "c": 0.04912,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4828

secondary

#515981

accent

#70C85F

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDEA

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0905

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4828

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

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