#4E4A37#4E4A37

#4E4A37 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.031 H 97.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A37
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 17%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(50, 29%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 29.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, -1.88, 11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 12.12, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(40.74% -0.004 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(40.74% 0.031 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2803, 6.7932, 4.5941)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A37 #373B4E

analogous

#4E3E37 #4E4A37 #464E37

triadic

#4E4A37 #374E4A #4A374E

tetradic

#4E4A37 #374E3E #373B4E #4E3746

square

#4E4A37 #374E3E #373B4E #4E3746

split-complementary

#4E4A37 #37464E #3E374E

monochromatic

#12110D #2A281E #4E4A37 #726C50 #968E6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#4E4A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E4A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A37

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A37	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.031 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807c6e',
    500: '#4e4a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a37;
$custom-light: #807c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 17.293,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40738,
    "c": 0.03056,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A37

secondary

#63687E

accent

#7BBA6E

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEB

border

#C9C9C6

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A37

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

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