#4E5537#4E5537

#4E5537 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.047 H 119.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5537
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(74, 21%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(74, 35%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 35.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.79, -8.53, 16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.79, 18.68, 117.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% -0.023 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.047 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0799, 8.3926, 4.8606)
Luminance	0.0839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5537 #3E3755

analogous

#554D37 #4E5537 #3F5537

triadic

#4E5537 #374E55 #55374E

tetradic

#4E5537 #37554D #3E3755 #55373F

square

#4E5537 #37554D #3E3755 #55373F

split-complementary

#4E5537 #373F55 #4D3755

monochromatic

#11130C #2C301F #4E5537 #707A4F #919E69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#4E5537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#4E5537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5537

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5537	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51524D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.047 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80846e',
    500: '#4e5537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5537;
$custom-light: #80846e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43481,
    "c": 0.04732,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5537

secondary

#6B6385

accent

#6ABE7D

background

#F7F8F6

surface

#EEEFEB

border

#C9CAC6

text

#0A0B07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5537

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

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