#4E502C#4E502C

#4E502C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.054 H 111.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E502C
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 44)
HSL	hsl(63, 29%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(63, 45%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 45%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, -7.12, 20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 22.09, 108.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42% -0.0198 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.054 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4652, 7.5390, 3.4970)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E502C #2E2C50

analogous

#50402C #4E502C #3C502C

triadic

#4E502C #2C4E50 #502C4E

tetradic

#4E502C #2C5040 #2E2C50 #502C3C

square

#4E502C #2C5040 #2E2C50 #502C3C

split-complementary

#4E502C #2C3C50 #402C50

monochromatic

#13140B #282916 #4E502C #747742 #9B9F57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#4E502C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4E502C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E502C

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E502C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E502C	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524C47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e502c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.054 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808166',
    500: '#4e502c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e502c;
$custom-light: #808166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e502c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41995,
    "c": 0.05444,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E502C

secondary

#585682

accent

#62C568

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEB

border

#C9C9C6

text

#0A0A06

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E502C

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

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