#4E503B#4E503B

#4E503B is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.033 H 112.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E503B
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 59)
HSL	hsl(66, 15%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(66, 26%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 26.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.29, -4.90, 12.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.29, 13.10, 111.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% -0.0126 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.033 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7999, 7.6729, 5.2596)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E503B #3D3B50

analogous

#50483B #4E503B #44503B

triadic

#4E503B #3B4E50 #503B4E

tetradic

#4E503B #3B5048 #3D3B50 #503B44

square

#4E503B #3B5048 #3D3B50 #503B44

split-complementary

#4E503B #3B4450 #483B50

monochromatic

#11120D #2C2D21 #4E503B #707355 #929570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#4E503B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#4E503B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E503B

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E503B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E503B	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)

#534E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e503b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.033 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8171',
    500: '#4e503b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e503b;
$custom-light: #7f8171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e503b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 15.108,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42319,
    "c": 0.03324,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E503B

secondary

#6A6780

accent

#70B877

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E503B

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

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