#4E4B40#4E4B40

#4E4B40 is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.018 H 94.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B40
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(47, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 17.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.86, -0.94, 7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.86, 7.07, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.22% -0.0014 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(41.22% 0.018 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5833, 7.0221, 5.8581)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B40 #40434E

analogous

#4E4440 #4E4B40 #4A4E40

triadic

#4E4B40 #404E4B #4B404E

tetradic

#4E4B40 #404E44 #40434E #4E404A

square

#4E4B40 #404E44 #40434E #4E404A

split-complementary

#4E4B40 #404A4E #44404E

monochromatic

#11100E #2C2B24 #4E4B40 #706B5C #908B78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#4E4B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E4B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B40

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B40	1.00	8.73	2.40	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504948

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.018 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7d74',
    500: '#4e4b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b40;
$custom-light: #7f7d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41224,
    "c": 0.01817,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B40

secondary

#6D707D

accent

#82B375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B40

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

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