#4E542E#4E542E

#4E542E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.058 H 116.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E542E
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(69, 29%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(69, 45%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 45.2%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.31, -9.23, 21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.31, 23.29, 113.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% -0.0256 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.058 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8054, 8.1577, 3.8003)
Luminance	0.0816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E542E #342E54

analogous

#54472E #4E542E #3B542E

triadic

#4E542E #2E4E54 #542E4E

tetradic

#4E542E #2E5447 #342E54 #542E3B

square

#4E542E #2E5447 #342E54 #542E3B

split-complementary

#4E542E #2E3B54 #472E54

monochromatic

#12140B #292C18 #4E542E #737C44 #97A359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#4E542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4E542E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E542E

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E542E	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59502B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52504B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.058 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808467',
    500: '#4e542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e542e;
$custom-light: #808467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 29.231,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43047,
    "c": 0.05787,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E542E

secondary

#5F5886

accent

#62C572

background

#F7F8F6

surface

#EEEFEB

border

#C9CAC6

text

#0A0A06

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E542E

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

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