#4E4C38#4E4C38

#4E4C38 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.032 H 102.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C38
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(55, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 28.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.98, -2.95, 12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.98, 12.58, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(41.25% -0.0071 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(41.25% 0.032 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4401, 7.0742, 4.7668)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C38 #383A4E

analogous

#4E4138 #4E4C38 #454E38

triadic

#4E4C38 #384E4C #4C384E

tetradic

#4E4C38 #384E41 #383A4E #4E3845

square

#4E4C38 #384E41 #383A4E #4E3845

split-complementary

#4E4C38 #38454E #41384E

monochromatic

#12110D #2A291E #4E4C38 #726F52 #95916B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#4E4C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E4C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C38

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C38	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.032 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807e6e',
    500: '#4e4c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c38;
$custom-light: #807e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41254,
    "c": 0.03171,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C38

secondary

#64667E

accent

#75B96F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0907

muted

#7C7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C38

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

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