#4E5038#4E5038

#4E5038 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.038 H 111.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5038
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 18%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(65, 30%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 30%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.23, -5.39, 13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.23, 14.93, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% -0.014 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.038 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7243, 7.6426, 4.8615)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5038 #3A3850

analogous

#504638 #4E5038 #425038

triadic

#4E5038 #384E50 #50384E

tetradic

#4E5038 #385046 #3A3850 #503842

square

#4E5038 #385046 #3A3850 #503842

split-complementary

#4E5038 #384250 #463850

monochromatic

#12120D #2B2C1F #4E5038 #717451 #94976B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#4E5038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4E5038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5038

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5038	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.038 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80816e',
    500: '#4e5038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5038;
$custom-light: #80816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 17.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42246,
    "c": 0.0377,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5038

secondary

#666480

accent

#6DBA74

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5038

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

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