#4E482A#4E482A

#4E482A is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.047 H 98.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E482A
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 30%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 46.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.45, -2.51, 18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.45, 19.05, 97.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.96% -0.0067 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(39.96% 0.047 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8773, 6.4218, 3.1200)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E482A #2A304E

analogous

#4E362A #4E482A #424E2A

triadic

#4E482A #2A4E48 #482A4E

tetradic

#4E482A #2A4E36 #2A304E #4E2A42

square

#4E482A #2A4E36 #2A304E #4E2A42

split-complementary

#4E482A #2A424E #362A4E

monochromatic

#14120B #262315 #4E482A #766D3F #9E9155

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#4E482A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E482A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E482A

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E482A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E482A	1.00	9.19	2.28	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F492B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e482a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.047 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807a64',
    500: '#4e482a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e482a;
$custom-light: #807a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e482a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39959,
    "c": 0.04651,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E482A

secondary

#545B80

accent

#72C662

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0905

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E482A

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

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