#4E503C#4E503C

#4E503C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.032 H 112.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E503C
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 60)
HSL	hsl(66, 14%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(66, 25%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 25%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.31, -4.73, 11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.31, 12.49, 112.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% -0.0121 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.032 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8261, 7.6833, 5.3975)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E503C #3E3C50

analogous

#50483C #4E503C #44503C

triadic

#4E503C #3C4E50 #503C4E

tetradic

#4E503C #3C5048 #3E3C50 #503C44

square

#4E503C #3C5048 #3E3C50 #503C44

split-complementary

#4E503C #3C4450 #483C50

monochromatic

#11110D #2C2D22 #4E503C #707356 #919572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#4E503C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E503C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E503C

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E503C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E503C	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e503c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.032 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8171',
    500: '#4e503c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e503c;
$custom-light: #7f8171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e503c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42344,
    "c": 0.03173,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E503C

secondary

#6B687F

accent

#71B778

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E503C

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

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