#4E5037#4E5037

#4E5037 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.039 H 111.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5037
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 19%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(65, 31%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 31.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, -5.55, 14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 15.54, 110.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% -0.0145 0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.039 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7001, 7.6329, 4.7340)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5037 #393750

analogous

#504637 #4E5037 #425037

triadic

#4E5037 #374E50 #50374E

tetradic

#4E5037 #375046 #393750 #503742

square

#4E5037 #375046 #393750 #503742

split-complementary

#4E5037 #374250 #463750

monochromatic

#12120C #2B2C1E #4E5037 #717450 #949869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#4E5037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4E5037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5037

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5037	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514D49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.039 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80816e',
    500: '#4e5037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5037;
$custom-light: #80816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42223,
    "c": 0.03917,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5037

secondary

#656380

accent

#6DBB73

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEB

border

#C9C9C6

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5037

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

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