#4E4C40#4E4C40

#4E4C40 is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.019 H 99.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C40
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(51, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 17.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.17, -1.56, 7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.17, 7.61, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(41.47% -0.0032 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(41.47% 0.019 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6517, 7.1588, 5.8809)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C40 #40424E

analogous

#4E4540 #4E4C40 #494E40

triadic

#4E4C40 #404E4C #4C404E

tetradic

#4E4C40 #404E45 #40424E #4E4049

square

#4E4C40 #404E45 #40424E #4E4049

split-complementary

#4E4C40 #40494E #45404E

monochromatic

#11100E #2C2B24 #4E4C40 #706D5C #908D78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#4E4C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E4C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C40

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C40	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.019 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e74',
    500: '#4e4c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c40;
$custom-light: #7f7e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41467,
    "c": 0.01947,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C40

secondary

#6D6F7D

accent

#7EB375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C40

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

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