#4E4B39#4E4B39

#4E4B39 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.029 H 99.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B39
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(51, 27%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 26.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, -2.17, 11.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 11.41, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(41.03% -0.0048 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(41.03% 0.029 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3965, 6.9474, 4.8741)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B39 #393C4E

analogous

#4E4139 #4E4B39 #474E39

triadic

#4E4B39 #394E4B #4B394E

tetradic

#4E4B39 #394E41 #393C4E #4E3947

square

#4E4B39 #394E41 #393C4E #4E3947

split-complementary

#4E4B39 #39474E #41394E

monochromatic

#12110D #2B291F #4E4B39 #716D53 #948F6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#4E4B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E4B39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B39

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B39	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.029 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7d6f',
    500: '#4e4b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b39;
$custom-light: #7f7d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 15.556,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41034,
    "c": 0.02886,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B39

secondary

#65697E

accent

#7AB86F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B39

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

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