#4E4937#4E4937

#4E4937 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.029 H 94.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4937
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 17%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(47, 29%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 29.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, -1.26, 11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 11.63, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% -0.0022 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.029 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.2140, 6.6608, 4.5720)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4937 #373C4E

analogous

#4E3D37 #4E4937 #474E37

triadic

#4E4937 #374E49 #49374E

tetradic

#4E4937 #374E3D #373C4E #4E3747

square

#4E4937 #374E3D #373C4E #4E3747

split-complementary

#4E4937 #37474E #3D374E

monochromatic

#12110D #2A271E #4E4937 #726B50 #968C6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#4E4937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E4937 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4937

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4937	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.029 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b6e',
    500: '#4e4937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4937;
$custom-light: #807b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 17.293,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40494,
    "c": 0.02936,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4937

secondary

#63697E

accent

#7EBA6E

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4937

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

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