#4E5140#4E5140

#4E5140 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.027 H 115.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5140
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 64)
HSL	hsl(71, 12%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(71, 21%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 21%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, -4.63, 9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 10.68, 115.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% -0.0118 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.027 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0096, 7.8748, 6.0002)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5140 #434051

analogous

#514B40 #4E5140 #455140

triadic

#4E5140 #404E51 #51404E

tetradic

#4E5140 #40514B #434051 #514045

square

#4E5140 #40514B #434051 #514045

split-complementary

#4E5140 #404551 #4B4051

monochromatic

#10110E #2D2F25 #4E5140 #6F735B #8F9477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#4E5140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E5140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5140

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5140	1.00	8.16	2.58	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.027 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8174',
    500: '#4e5140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5140;
$custom-light: #7f8174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.588,
    "s": 11.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42697,
    "c": 0.02732,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5140

secondary

#706D80

accent

#73B57F

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5140

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

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