#4E4E39#4E4E39

#4E4E39 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.033 H 107.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E39
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 57)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(60, 27%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 26.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.62, -4.01, 12.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.62, 13.11, 107.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% -0.0101 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.033 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6048, 7.3640, 4.9436)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E39 #39394E

analogous

#4E4439 #4E4E39 #444E39

triadic

#4E4E39 #394E4E #4E394E

tetradic

#4E4E39 #394E44 #39394E #4E3944

square

#4E4E39 #394E44 #39394E #4E3944

split-complementary

#4E4E39 #39444E #44394E

monochromatic

#12120D #2B2B1F #4E4E39 #717153 #94946D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#4E4E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4E4E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E39

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E39	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.033 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807f6f',
    500: '#4e4e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e39;
$custom-light: #807f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 15.556,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41773,
    "c": 0.03312,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E39

secondary

#65657E

accent

#6FB86F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E39

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

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