#4E5142#4E5142

#4E5142 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.024 H 116.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5142
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 10%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(72, 19%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 18.5%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.77, -4.27, 8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.77, 9.45, 116.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% -0.0109 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.024 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0676, 7.8979, 6.3053)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5142 #454251

analogous

#514D42 #4E5142 #475142

triadic

#4E5142 #424E51 #51424E

tetradic

#4E5142 #42514D #454251 #514247

square

#4E5142 #42514D #454251 #514247

split-complementary

#4E5142 #424751 #4D4251

monochromatic

#10110E #2E2F27 #4E5142 #6E735D #8E937A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#4E5142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E5142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5142

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5142	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504F4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.024 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8176',
    500: '#4e5142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5142;
$custom-light: #7f8176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42751,
    "c": 0.02426,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5142

secondary

#726F80

accent

#75B381

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5142

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

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