#4E5137#4E5137

#4E5137 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.041 H 113.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5137
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 19%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(67, 32%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 32.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, -6.15, 14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 16.15, 112.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% -0.0162 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.041 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7739, 7.7805, 4.7586)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5137 #3A3751

analogous

#514737 #4E5137 #415137

triadic

#4E5137 #374E51 #51374E

tetradic

#4E5137 #375147 #3A3751 #513741

square

#4E5137 #375147 #3A3751 #513741

split-complementary

#4E5137 #374151 #473751

monochromatic

#12120C #2B2D1E #4E5137 #717550 #949969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#4E5137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E5137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5137

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5137	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.041 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80816e',
    500: '#4e5137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5137;
$custom-light: #80816e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.923,
    "s": 19.118,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42473,
    "c": 0.04075,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5137

secondary

#666381

accent

#6CBC75

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEB

border

#C9C9C6

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5137

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

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