#4E5538#4E5538

#4E5538 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.046 H 119.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5538
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(74, 21%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(74, 34%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 34.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.81, -8.38, 16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.81, 18.09, 117.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.5% -0.0225 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(43.5% 0.046 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1042, 8.4022, 4.9882)
Luminance	0.0840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5538 #3F3855

analogous

#554D38 #4E5538 #3F5538

triadic

#4E5538 #384E55 #55384E

tetradic

#4E5538 #38554D #3F3855 #55383F

square

#4E5538 #38554D #3F3855 #55383F

split-complementary

#4E5538 #383F55 #4D3855

monochromatic

#11120C #2C3020 #4E5538 #707A50 #919D6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#4E5538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#4E5538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5538

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5538	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51524D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.046 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80846f',
    500: '#4e5538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5538;
$custom-light: #80846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.483,
    "s": 20.567,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43503,
    "c": 0.04591,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5538

secondary

#6C6485

accent

#6BBD7F

background

#F7F8F6

surface

#EEEFEC

border

#C9CAC7

text

#0A0B07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5538

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

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