#4E5042#4E5042

#4E5042 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.023 H 114.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5042
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 10%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(69, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 17.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.46, -3.66, 8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.46, 8.79, 114.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% -0.0091 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.023 114)
XYZ	xyz(6.9938, 7.7504, 6.2807)
Luminance	0.0775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5042 #444250

analogous

#504B42 #4E5042 #475042

triadic

#4E5042 #424E50 #50424E

tetradic

#4E5042 #42504B #444250 #504247

square

#4E5042 #42504B #444250 #504247

split-complementary

#4E5042 #424750 #4B4250

monochromatic

#10110E #2D2E26 #4E5042 #6F725E #8E927B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#4E5042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4E5042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5042

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5042	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)

#524F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.023 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8176',
    500: '#4e5042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5042;
$custom-light: #7f8176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42504,
    "c": 0.02253,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.0775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5042

secondary

#716F7F

accent

#75B37E

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5042

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

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