#4E5237#4E5237

#4E5237 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.042 H 115.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5237
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 20%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(69, 33%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 32.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.84, -6.75, 15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.84, 16.77, 113.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% -0.0179 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.042 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8488, 7.9302, 4.7836)
Luminance	0.0793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5237 #3B3752

analogous

#524937 #4E5237 #415237

triadic

#4E5237 #374E52 #52374E

tetradic

#4E5237 #375249 #3B3752 #523741

square

#4E5237 #375249 #3B3752 #523741

split-complementary

#4E5237 #374152 #493752

monochromatic

#11120C #2B2D1E #4E5237 #717750 #939A69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#4E5237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#4E5237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5237

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5237	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.042 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80826e',
    500: '#4e5237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5237;
$custom-light: #80826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 19.708,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42724,
    "c": 0.04236,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5237

secondary

#676382

accent

#6BBC77

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEB

border

#C9C9C6

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5237

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

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