#4E5539#4E5539

#4E5539 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.044 H 119.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5539
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 57)
HSL	hsl(75, 20%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(75, 33%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 32.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.83, -8.22, 15.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.83, 17.50, 118.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% -0.022 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.045 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1289, 8.4121, 5.1182)
Luminance	0.0841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5539 #403955

analogous

#554E39 #4E5539 #405539

triadic

#4E5539 #394E55 #55394E

tetradic

#4E5539 #39554E #403955 #553940

square

#4E5539 #39554E #403955 #553940

split-complementary

#4E5539 #394055 #4E3955

monochromatic

#11120C #2C3020 #4E5539 #707A52 #909C6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#4E5539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#4E5539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5539

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5539	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)

#595237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58523A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51524E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.044 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80846f',
    500: '#4e5539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5539;
$custom-light: #80846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 19.718,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43525,
    "c": 0.0445,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5539

secondary

#6D6585

accent

#6BBC80

background

#F7F8F6

surface

#EEEFEC

border

#C9CAC7

text

#0A0B07

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5539

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

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