#4E4B42#4E4B42

#4E4B42 is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.015 H 91.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B42
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(45, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 15.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, -0.57, 5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 5.84, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(41.28% -0.0004 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(41.28% 0.015 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6413, 7.0453, 6.1632)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B42 #42454E

analogous

#4E4542 #4E4B42 #4B4E42

triadic

#4E4B42 #424E4B #4B424E

tetradic

#4E4B42 #424E45 #42454E #4E424B

square

#4E4B42 #424E45 #42454E #4E424B

split-complementary

#4E4B42 #424B4E #45424E

monochromatic

#11100E #2D2B26 #4E4B42 #6F6B5E #8F8A7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#4E4B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E4B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B42

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B42	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504A48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.015 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7d76',
    500: '#4e4b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b42;
$custom-light: #7f7d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41283,
    "c": 0.01511,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B42

secondary

#6F727D

accent

#85B176

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B42

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

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