#4E4836#4E4836

#4E4836 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.030 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4836
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 18%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(45, 31%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 30.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.69, -0.79, 11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.69, 11.76, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% -0.0009 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.03 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1251, 6.5209, 4.4253)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4836 #363C4E

analogous

#4E3C36 #4E4836 #484E36

triadic

#4E4836 #364E48 #48364E

tetradic

#4E4836 #364E3C #363C4E #4E3648

square

#4E4836 #364E3C #363C4E #4E3648

split-complementary

#4E4836 #36484E #3C364E

monochromatic

#12110D #2A271D #4E4836 #72694F #968B68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#4E4836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E4836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4836

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4836	1.00	9.11	2.30	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.030 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807a6d',
    500: '#4e4836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4836;
$custom-light: #807a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 18.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40225,
    "c": 0.0297,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4836

secondary

#62697E

accent

#80BB6D

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4836

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

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