#4E493A#4E493A

#4E493A is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.025 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E493A
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 58)
HSL	hsl(45, 15%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(45, 26%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 25.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, -0.76, 9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 9.78, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(40.57% -0.0008 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(40.57% 0.025 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2882, 6.6904, 4.9623)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E493A #3A3F4E

analogous

#4E3F3A #4E493A #494E3A

triadic

#4E493A #3A4E49 #493A4E

tetradic

#4E493A #3A4E3F #3A3F4E #4E3A49

square

#4E493A #3A4E3F #3A3F4E #4E3A49

split-complementary

#4E493A #3A494E #3F3A4E

monochromatic

#12100D #2B2820 #4E493A #716A54 #948A6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#4E493A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E493A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E493A

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E493A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E493A	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e493a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.025 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b70',
    500: '#4e493a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e493a;
$custom-light: #7f7b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e493a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 14.706,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40571,
    "c": 0.02492,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E493A

secondary

#666C7E

accent

#82B770

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E493A

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

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