#4E502B#4E502B

#4E502B is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.056 H 111.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E502B
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 43)
HSL	hsl(63, 30%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(63, 46%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 46.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.99, -7.24, 21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.99, 22.68, 108.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% -0.0202 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.056 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4467, 7.5316, 3.3992)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E502B #2D2B50

analogous

#50402B #4E502B #3C502B

triadic

#4E502B #2B4E50 #502B4E

tetradic

#4E502B #2B5040 #2D2B50 #502B3C

square

#4E502B #2B5040 #2D2B50 #502B3C

split-complementary

#4E502B #2B3C50 #402B50

monochromatic

#13140B #272816 #4E502B #757840 #9CA056

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#4E502B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4E502B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E502B

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E502B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E502B	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554E2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524C47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e502b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.056 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808165',
    500: '#4e502b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e502b;
$custom-light: #808165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e502b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 30.081,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41977,
    "c": 0.05574,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E502B

secondary

#575582

accent

#61C667

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEB

border

#C9C9C6

text

#0A0A05

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E502B

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

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