#4E4D42#4E4D42

#4E4D42 is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.018 H 102.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D42
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 8%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(55, 15%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 15.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, -1.81, 6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 6.93, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% -0.004 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.018 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7790, 7.3209, 6.2091)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D42 #42434E

analogous

#4E4742 #4E4D42 #494E42

triadic

#4E4D42 #424E4D #4D424E

tetradic

#4E4D42 #424E47 #42434E #4E4249

square

#4E4D42 #424E47 #42434E #4E4249

split-complementary

#4E4D42 #42494E #47424E

monochromatic

#11100E #2D2C26 #4E4D42 #6F6E5E #8F8E7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#4E4D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4E4D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D42

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D42	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.018 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7e76',
    500: '#4e4d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d42;
$custom-light: #7f7e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41769,
    "c": 0.01775,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D42

secondary

#6F707D

accent

#7BB176

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D42

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

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