#4E5039#4E5039

#4E5039 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.036 H 112.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5039
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 57)
HSL	hsl(65, 17%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(65, 29%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 28.8%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, -5.23, 13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 14.32, 111.42°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% -0.0136 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.036 112)
XYZ	xyz(6.7490, 7.6525, 4.9916)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5039 #3B3950

analogous

#504739 #4E5039 #435039

triadic

#4E5039 #394E50 #50394E

tetradic

#4E5039 #395047 #3B3950 #503943

square

#4E5039 #395047 #3B3950 #503943

split-complementary

#4E5039 #394350 #473950

monochromatic

#11120D #2B2C20 #4E5039 #717452 #93976D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#4E5039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4E5039 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5039

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5039	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)

#544E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.036 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80816f',
    500: '#4e5039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5039;
$custom-light: #80816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 16.788,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4227,
    "c": 0.03622,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.07652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5039

secondary

#676580

accent

#6EBA75

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5039

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

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