#4E482C#4E482C

#4E482C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.044 H 97.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E482C
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 44)
HSL	hsl(49, 28%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(49, 44%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 43.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, -2.25, 17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 17.85, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40% -0.0058 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(40% 0.044 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.9140, 6.4365, 3.3132)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E482C #2C324E

analogous

#4E372C #4E482C #434E2C

triadic

#4E482C #2C4E48 #482C4E

tetradic

#4E482C #2C4E37 #2C324E #4E2C43

square

#4E482C #2C4E37 #2C324E #4E2C43

split-complementary

#4E482C #2C434E #372C4E

monochromatic

#14120B #272416 #4E482C #756C42 #9C9058

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4E482C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E482C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E482C

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E482C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E482C	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F492D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534441

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e482c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.044 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807a65',
    500: '#4e482c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e482c;
$custom-light: #807a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e482c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39999,
    "c": 0.04382,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E482C

secondary

#565D80

accent

#75C464

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0905

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E482C

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

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