#4E4E37#4E4E37

#4E4E37 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.036 H 107.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E37
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 17%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(60, 29%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 29.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, -4.34, 13.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 14.34, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(41.73% -0.0111 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(41.73% 0.036 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5559, 7.3444, 4.6859)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E37 #37374E

analogous

#4E4237 #4E4E37 #424E37

triadic

#4E4E37 #374E4E #4E374E

tetradic

#4E4E37 #374E42 #37374E #4E3742

square

#4E4E37 #374E42 #37374E #4E3742

split-complementary

#4E4E37 #37424E #42374E

monochromatic

#12120D #2A2A1E #4E4E37 #727250 #96966A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#4E4E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E4E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E37

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E37	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.036 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807f6e',
    500: '#4e4e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e37;
$custom-light: #807f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 17.293,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41725,
    "c": 0.0361,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E37

secondary

#63637E

accent

#6EBA6E

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEB

border

#C9C9C6

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E37

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

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