#4E4C41#4E4C41

#4E4C41 is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.018 H 98.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C41
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 9%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(51, 17%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 16.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, -1.38, 6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 6.98, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(41.5% -0.0027 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(41.5% 0.018 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6804, 7.1703, 6.0321)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C41 #41434E

analogous

#4E4541 #4E4C41 #494E41

triadic

#4E4C41 #414E4C #4C414E

tetradic

#4E4C41 #414E45 #41434E #4E4149

square

#4E4C41 #414E45 #41434E #4E4149

split-complementary

#4E4C41 #41494E #45414E

monochromatic

#11100E #2D2B25 #4E4C41 #6F6D5D #908C7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#4E4C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E4C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C41

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C41	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.018 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e75',
    500: '#4e4c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c41;
$custom-light: #7f7e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41496,
    "c": 0.01791,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C41

secondary

#6E707D

accent

#7FB276

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C41

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

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