#4E5236#4E5236

#4E5236 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.044 H 114.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5236
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 54)
HSL	hsl(69, 21%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(69, 34%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 34.1%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.82, -6.91, 15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.82, 17.37, 113.43°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% -0.0184 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.044 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8250, 7.9207, 4.6586)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5236 #3A3652

analogous

#524836 #4E5236 #405236

triadic

#4E5236 #364E52 #52364E

tetradic

#4E5236 #365248 #3A3652 #523640

square

#4E5236 #365248 #3A3652 #523640

split-complementary

#4E5236 #364052 #483652

monochromatic

#12120C #2B2D1E #4E5236 #71774E #949B67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#4E5236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E5236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5236

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5236	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.044 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80826d',
    500: '#4e5236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5236;
$custom-light: #80826d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 20.588,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42702,
    "c": 0.04379,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5236

secondary

#666182

accent

#6BBD76

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEB

border

#C9C9C6

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5236

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

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