#4E5239#4E5239

#4E5239 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.039 H 115.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5239
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 57)
HSL	hsl(70, 18%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(70, 30%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 30.5%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.88, -6.43, 14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.88, 15.57, 114.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% -0.017 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.039 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8977, 7.9497, 5.0412)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5239 #3D3952

analogous

#524A39 #4E5239 #425239

triadic

#4E5239 #394E52 #52394E

tetradic

#4E5239 #39524A #3D3952 #523942

square

#4E5239 #39524A #3D3952 #523942

split-complementary

#4E5239 #394252 #4A3952

monochromatic

#11120D #2C2E20 #4E5239 #707652 #92996C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#4E5239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#4E5239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5239

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5239	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55503A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514F4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.039 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80826f',
    500: '#4e5239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5239;
$custom-light: #80826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 17.986,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4277,
    "c": 0.03947,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5239

secondary

#6A6582

accent

#6DBB7A

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEEEC

border

#C9C9C7

text

#0A0A07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5239

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

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