#4E4A39#4E4A39

#4E4A39 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.028 H 96.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A39
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(49, 27%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 26.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, -1.55, 10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 10.89, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40.79% -0.0031 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(40.79% 0.028 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3292, 6.8128, 4.8517)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A39 #393D4E

analogous

#4E4039 #4E4A39 #484E39

triadic

#4E4A39 #394E4A #4A394E

tetradic

#4E4A39 #394E40 #393D4E #4E3948

square

#4E4A39 #394E40 #393D4E #4E3948

split-complementary

#4E4A39 #39484E #40394E

monochromatic

#12110D #2B281F #4E4A39 #716C53 #948D6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#4E4A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4E4A39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A39

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A39	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.028 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c6f',
    500: '#4e4a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a39;
$custom-light: #7f7c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 15.556,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40789,
    "c": 0.02758,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A39

secondary

#656A7E

accent

#7DB86F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A39

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

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