#4E4B38#4E4B38

#4E4B38 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.030 H 100.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B38
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(52, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 28.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, -2.33, 11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 12.03, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.01% -0.0053 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(41.01% 0.03 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3718, 6.9375, 4.7440)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B38 #383B4E

analogous

#4E4038 #4E4B38 #464E38

triadic

#4E4B38 #384E4B #4B384E

tetradic

#4E4B38 #384E40 #383B4E #4E3846

square

#4E4B38 #384E40 #383B4E #4E3846

split-complementary

#4E4B38 #38464E #40384E

monochromatic

#12110D #2A291E #4E4B38 #726D52 #958F6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#4E4B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E4B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B38

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B38	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)

#4F4A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.030 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807d6e',
    500: '#4e4b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b38;
$custom-light: #807d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41008,
    "c": 0.03036,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B38

secondary

#64677E

accent

#79B96F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B38

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