#4E4B37#4E4B37

#4E4B37 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.032 H 100.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B37
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 17%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(52, 29%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 29.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, -2.49, 12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 12.65, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(40.98% -0.0058 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(40.98% 0.032 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3476, 6.9278, 4.6165)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B37 #373A4E

analogous

#4E3F37 #4E4B37 #454E37

triadic

#4E4B37 #374E4B #4B374E

tetradic

#4E4B37 #374E3F #373A4E #4E3745

square

#4E4B37 #374E3F #373A4E #4E3745

split-complementary

#4E4B37 #37454E #3F374E

monochromatic

#12110D #2A281E #4E4B37 #726E50 #96906A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#4E4B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E4B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B37

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B37	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.032 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807d6e',
    500: '#4e4b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b37;
$custom-light: #807d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 17.293,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40983,
    "c": 0.03184,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B37

secondary

#63667E

accent

#78BA6E

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEB

border

#C9C9C6

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B37

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

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