#4E522B#4E522B

#4E522B is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.059 H 113.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E522B
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(66, 31%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(66, 48%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 47.6%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.62, -8.43, 22.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.62, 23.82, 110.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% -0.0236 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.059 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5953, 7.8288, 3.4487)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E522B #2F2B52

analogous

#52432B #4E522B #3B522B

triadic

#4E522B #2B4E52 #522B4E

tetradic

#4E522B #2B5243 #2F2B52 #522B3B

square

#4E522B #2B5243 #2F2B52 #522B3B

split-complementary

#4E522B #2B3B52 #432B52

monochromatic

#13140B #282A16 #4E522B #747A40 #9AA255

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#4E522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E522B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E522B

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E522B	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57502D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.059 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808265',
    500: '#4e522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e522b;
$custom-light: #808265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.154,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42484,
    "c": 0.05868,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E522B

secondary

#5A5584

accent

#60C76B

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEB

border

#C9C9C6

text

#0A0A05

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E522B

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

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