#4E5231#4E5231

#4E5231 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.051 H 114.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5231
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 49)
HSL	hsl(67, 25%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(67, 40%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 40.2%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, -7.64, 18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 20.34, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.6% -0.0208 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(42.6% 0.051 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7136, 7.8761, 4.0717)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5231 #353152

analogous

#524531 #4E5231 #3D5231

triadic

#4E5231 #314E52 #52314E

tetradic

#4E5231 #315245 #353152 #52313D

square

#4E5231 #315245 #353152 #52313D

split-complementary

#4E5231 #313D52 #453152

monochromatic

#12130B #2A2C1A #4E5231 #727848 #979F5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#4E5231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E5231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5231

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5231	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.051 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808269',
    500: '#4e5231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5231;
$custom-light: #808269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.273,
    "s": 25.191,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42596,
    "c": 0.05077,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5231

secondary

#615C83

accent

#66C271

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEB

border

#C9C9C6

text

#0A0A06

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5231

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

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