#4E4A38#4E4A38

#4E4A38 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.029 H 97.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A38
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(49, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 28.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, -1.71, 11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 11.51, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.76% -0.0035 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(40.76% 0.029 97)
XYZ	xyz(6.3045, 6.8029, 4.7216)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A38 #383C4E

analogous

#4E3F38 #4E4A38 #474E38

triadic

#4E4A38 #384E4A #4A384E

tetradic

#4E4A38 #384E3F #383C4E #4E3847

square

#4E4A38 #384E3F #383C4E #4E3847

split-complementary

#4E4A38 #38474E #3F384E

monochromatic

#12110D #2A281E #4E4A38 #726C52 #958D6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#4E4A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E4A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A38

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A38	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)

#4E4937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.029 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807c6e',
    500: '#4e4a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a38;
$custom-light: #807c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40763,
    "c": 0.02908,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.06803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A38

secondary

#64697E

accent

#7CB96F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A38

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