#4E4938#4E4938

#4E4938 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.028 H 93.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4938
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(46, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 28.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, -1.09, 10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 11.01, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.52% -0.0018 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(40.52% 0.028 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2383, 6.6705, 4.6995)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4938 #383D4E

analogous

#4E3E38 #4E4938 #484E38

triadic

#4E4938 #384E49 #49384E

tetradic

#4E4938 #384E3E #383D4E #4E3848

square

#4E4938 #384E3E #383D4E #4E3848

split-complementary

#4E4938 #38484E #3E384E

monochromatic

#12110D #2A281E #4E4938 #726A52 #958C6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#4E4938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4E4938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4938

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4938	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)

#4D4837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.028 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b6e',
    500: '#4e4938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4938;
$custom-light: #807b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40519,
    "c": 0.02789,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4938

secondary

#646A7E

accent

#80B96F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4938

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

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