#4E4D38#4E4D38

#4E4D38 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.033 H 105.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D38
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(57, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 28.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, -3.56, 12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 13.14, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(41.5% -0.0088 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(41.5% 0.033 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5096, 7.2131, 4.7900)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D38 #38394E

analogous

#4E4238 #4E4D38 #444E38

triadic

#4E4D38 #384E4D #4D384E

tetradic

#4E4D38 #384E42 #38394E #4E3844

square

#4E4D38 #384E42 #38394E #4E3844

split-complementary

#4E4D38 #38444E #42384E

monochromatic

#12120D #2A2A1E #4E4D38 #727052 #95936B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#4E4D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E4D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D38

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D38	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)

#514B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514A47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.033 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807e6e',
    500: '#4e4d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d38;
$custom-light: #807e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41501,
    "c": 0.03313,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D38

secondary

#64657E

accent

#72B96F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D38

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

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