#4E503A#4E503A

#4E503A is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.035 H 112.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E503A
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 58)
HSL	hsl(65, 16%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(65, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 27.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.27, -5.07, 12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.27, 13.71, 111.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% -0.0131 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.035 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7742, 7.6626, 5.1243)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E503A #3C3A50

analogous

#50473A #4E503A #43503A

triadic

#4E503A #3A4E50 #503A4E

tetradic

#4E503A #3A5047 #3C3A50 #503A43

square

#4E503A #3A5047 #3C3A50 #503A43

split-complementary

#4E503A #3A4350 #473A50

monochromatic

#11120D #2B2D20 #4E503A #717354 #92966E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#4E503A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4E503A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E503A

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E503A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E503A	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e503a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.035 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8170',
    500: '#4e503a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e503a;
$custom-light: #7f8170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e503a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 15.942,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42294,
    "c": 0.03473,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E503A

secondary

#686680

accent

#6FB976

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E503A

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

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