#4E553D#4E553D

#4E553D is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.039 H 121.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E553D
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 61)
HSL	hsl(78, 16%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(78, 28%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 28.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.91, -7.56, 13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.91, 15.14, 119.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.62% -0.0201 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(43.62% 0.039 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2326, 8.4536, 5.6647)
Luminance	0.0845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E553D #443D55

analogous

#55503D #4E553D #42553D

triadic

#4E553D #3D4E55 #553D4E

tetradic

#4E553D #3D5550 #443D55 #553D42

square

#4E553D #3D5550 #443D55 #553D42

split-complementary

#4E553D #3D4255 #503D55

monochromatic

#10120D #2D3123 #4E553D #6F7957 #8E9A72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#4E553D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#4E553D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E553D

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E553D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E553D	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58523B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57523E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50534F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e553d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.039 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8472',
    500: '#4e553d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e553d;
$custom-light: #7f8472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e553d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.5,
    "s": 16.438,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43619,
    "c": 0.03875,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E553D

secondary

#716985

accent

#6FB984

background

#F7F8F6

surface

#EEEFEC

border

#C9CAC7

text

#0A0B08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E553D

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

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