#4E5040#4E5040

#4E5040 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.026 H 113.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5040
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 11%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(68, 20%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 20%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.41, -4.02, 9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.41, 10.03, 113.67°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% -0.0101 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.026 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9359, 7.7272, 5.9756)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5040 #424050

analogous

#504A40 #4E5040 #465040

triadic

#4E5040 #404E50 #50404E

tetradic

#4E5040 #40504A #424050 #504046

square

#4E5040 #40504A #424050 #504046

split-complementary

#4E5040 #404650 #4A4050

monochromatic

#11110E #2D2E25 #4E5040 #6F725B #8F9378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#4E5040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4E5040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5040

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5040	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.026 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8174',
    500: '#4e5040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5040;
$custom-light: #7f8174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 11.111,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42449,
    "c": 0.02563,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5040

secondary

#6F6D7F

accent

#74B47C

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5040

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

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