#4E4F38#4E4F38

#4E4F38 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.036 H 109.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4F38
RGB	rgb(78, 79, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 17%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(63, 29%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 29.1%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, -4.79, 13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 14.32, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42% -0.0123 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.036 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6517, 7.4973, 4.8373)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4F38 #39384F

analogous

#4F4538 #4E4F38 #434F38

triadic

#4E4F38 #384E4F #4F384E

tetradic

#4E4F38 #384F45 #39384F #4F3843

square

#4E4F38 #384F45 #39384F #4F3843

split-complementary

#4E4F38 #38434F #45384F

monochromatic

#12120D #2B2B1F #4E4F38 #717351 #94966B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#4E4F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E4F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4F38

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4F38	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514C49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 79, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.036 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80806e',
    500: '#4e4f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4f38;
$custom-light: #80806e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.609,
    "s": 17.037,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41997,
    "c": 0.03614,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4F38

secondary

#65647F

accent

#6EBA71

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4F38

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

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