#4E4C42#4E4C42

#4E4C42 is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.016 H 97.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C42
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(50, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 15.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, -1.19, 6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 6.36, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% -0.0022 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.016 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7096, 7.1820, 6.1860)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C42 #42444E

analogous

#4E4642 #4E4C42 #4A4E42

triadic

#4E4C42 #424E4C #4C424E

tetradic

#4E4C42 #424E46 #42444E #4E424A

square

#4E4C42 #424E46 #42444E #4E424A

split-complementary

#4E4C42 #424A4E #46424E

monochromatic

#11100E #2D2C26 #4E4C42 #6F6C5E #8F8C7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#4E4C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E4C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C42

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C42	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.016 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e76',
    500: '#4e4c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c42;
$custom-light: #7f7e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41525,
    "c": 0.01635,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C42

secondary

#6F717D

accent

#80B176

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0908

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C42

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

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