#4E5041#4E5041

#4E5041 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.024 H 113.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5041
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 65)
HSL	hsl(68, 10%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(68, 19%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 18.8%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.43, -3.84, 8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.43, 9.41, 114.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% -0.0096 0.0221)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.024 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9646, 7.7387, 6.1268)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5041 #434150

analogous

#504A41 #4E5041 #465041

triadic

#4E5041 #414E50 #50414E

tetradic

#4E5041 #41504A #434150 #504146

square

#4E5041 #41504A #434150 #504146

split-complementary

#4E5041 #414650 #4A4150

monochromatic

#10110E #2D2E26 #4E5041 #6F725C #8F9279

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#4E5041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4E5041 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5041

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5041	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.024 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8175',
    500: '#4e5041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5041;
$custom-light: #7f8175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 10.345,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42477,
    "c": 0.02408,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5041

secondary

#706E7F

accent

#75B37D

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5041

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

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