#4E5043#4E5043

#4E5043 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.021 H 114.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5043
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 67)
HSL	hsl(69, 9%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(69, 16%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 16.3%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, -3.47, 7.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 8.17, 115.12°)
OKLab	oklab(42.53% -0.0087 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(42.53% 0.021 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.0236, 7.7623, 6.4374)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5043 #454350

analogous

#504C43 #4E5043 #485043

triadic

#4E5043 #434E50 #50434E

tetradic

#4E5043 #43504C #454350 #504348

square

#4E5043 #43504C #454350 #504348

split-complementary

#4E5043 #434850 #4C4350

monochromatic

#10110E #2E2F27 #4E5043 #6E715F #8E917C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#4E5043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4E5043 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5043

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5043	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.021 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8177',
    500: '#4e5043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5043;
$custom-light: #7f8177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 8.844,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42533,
    "c": 0.02098,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5043

secondary

#72707F

accent

#76B27F

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5043

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

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