#4E4E41#4E4E41

#4E4E41 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.021 H 107.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E41
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 65)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(60, 17%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 16.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.81, -2.62, 7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.81, 8.15, 108.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% -0.0062 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.021 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8203, 7.4502, 6.0787)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E41 #41414E

analogous

#4E4741 #4E4E41 #474E41

triadic

#4E4E41 #414E4E #4E414E

tetradic

#4E4E41 #414E47 #41414E #4E4147

square

#4E4E41 #414E47 #41414E #4E4147

split-complementary

#4E4E41 #41474E #47414E

monochromatic

#11110E #2D2D25 #4E4E41 #6F6F5D #90907A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#4E4E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E4E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E41

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E41	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.021 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f75',
    500: '#4e4e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e41;
$custom-light: #7f7f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41985,
    "c": 0.02084,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E41

secondary

#6E6E7D

accent

#76B276

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E41

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

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