#4E4F42#4E4F42

#4E4F42 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.021 H 110.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4F42
RGB	rgb(78, 79, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 9%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(65, 16%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 16.5%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.15, -3.05, 7.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.15, 8.15, 111.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% -0.0074 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.021 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9211, 7.6051, 6.2565)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4F42 #43424F

analogous

#4F4942 #4E4F42 #474F42

triadic

#4E4F42 #424E4F #4F424E

tetradic

#4E4F42 #424F49 #43424F #4F4247

square

#4E4F42 #424F49 #43424F #4F4247

split-complementary

#4E4F42 #42474F #49424F

monochromatic

#10110E #2D2E26 #4E4F42 #6F705E #8F917B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#4E4F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E4F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4F42

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4F42	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 79, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.021 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8076',
    500: '#4e4f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4f42;
$custom-light: #7f8076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 8.966,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42258,
    "c": 0.02087,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4F42

secondary

#706F7E

accent

#76B27A

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4F42

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

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