#4E4E40#4E4E40

#4E4E40 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.022 H 107.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E40
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(60, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, -2.80, 8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 8.77, 108.61°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% -0.0067 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.022 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7916, 7.4387, 5.9275)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E40 #40404E

analogous

#4E4740 #4E4E40 #474E40

triadic

#4E4E40 #404E4E #4E404E

tetradic

#4E4E40 #404E47 #40404E #4E4047

square

#4E4E40 #404E47 #40404E #4E4047

split-complementary

#4E4E40 #40474E #47404E

monochromatic

#11110E #2C2C24 #4E4E40 #70705C #909078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#4E4E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E4E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E40

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E40	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.022 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f74',
    500: '#4e4e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e40;
$custom-light: #7f7f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.859,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41957,
    "c": 0.0224,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E40

secondary

#6D6D7D

accent

#75B375

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E40

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