#4E4D37#4E4D37

#4E4D37 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.035 H 105.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D37
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 17%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(57, 29%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 29.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, -3.72, 13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 13.76, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% -0.0093 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.035 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4854, 7.2034, 4.6624)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D37 #37384E

analogous

#4E4137 #4E4D37 #434E37

triadic

#4E4D37 #374E4D #4D374E

tetradic

#4E4D37 #374E41 #37384E #4E3743

square

#4E4D37 #374E41 #37384E #4E3743

split-complementary

#4E4D37 #37434E #41374E

monochromatic

#12120D #2A2A1E #4E4D37 #727050 #96946A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#4E4D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E4D37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D37

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D37	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514A47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.035 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807e6e',
    500: '#4e4d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d37;
$custom-light: #807e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 17.293,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41477,
    "c": 0.03462,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D37

secondary

#63647E

accent

#71BA6E

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEB

border

#C9C9C6

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D37

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

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