#4E4E38#4E4E38

#4E4E38 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.035 H 107.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E38
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(60, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 28.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, -4.18, 13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 13.73, 107.71°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% -0.0106 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.035 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5801, 7.3541, 4.8135)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E38 #38384E

analogous

#4E4338 #4E4E38 #434E38

triadic

#4E4E38 #384E4E #4E384E

tetradic

#4E4E38 #384E43 #38384E #4E3843

square

#4E4E38 #384E43 #38384E #4E3843

split-complementary

#4E4E38 #38434E #43384E

monochromatic

#12120D #2A2A1E #4E4E38 #727252 #95956B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#4E4E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E4E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E38

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E38	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.035 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807f6e',
    500: '#4e4e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e38;
$custom-light: #807f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41749,
    "c": 0.03461,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E38

secondary

#64647E

accent

#6FB96F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E38

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

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