#4E5240#4E5240

#4E5240 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.029 H 117.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5240
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(73, 12%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(73, 22%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 22%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, -5.24, 10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 11.34, 117.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% -0.0135 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.029 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0845, 8.0245, 6.0252)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5240 #444052

analogous

#524D40 #4E5240 #455240

triadic

#4E5240 #404E52 #52404E

tetradic

#4E5240 #40524D #444052 #524045

square

#4E5240 #40524D #444052 #524045

split-complementary

#4E5240 #404552 #4D4052

monochromatic

#10110D #2D3025 #4E5240 #6F745B #8E9577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#4E5240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4E5240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5240

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5240	1.00	8.06	2.60	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55503F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50504D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.029 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8274',
    500: '#4e5240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5240;
$custom-light: #7f8274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 12.329,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42945,
    "c": 0.02904,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5240

secondary

#716D81

accent

#73B581

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEED

border

#C9C9C8

text

#0A0A08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5240

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

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