#4E5540#4E5540

#4E5540 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.034 H 122.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5540
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(80, 14%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(80, 25%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 24.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.98, -7.04, 11.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.98, 13.36, 121.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% -0.0186 0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.034 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3157, 8.4869, 6.1022)
Luminance	0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5540 #474055

analogous

#555240 #4E5540 #445540

triadic

#4E5540 #404E55 #55404E

tetradic

#4E5540 #405552 #474055 #554044

square

#4E5540 #405552 #474055 #554044

split-complementary

#4E5540 #404455 #524055

monochromatic

#10110D #2E3226 #4E5540 #6E785A #8D9977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#4E5540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E5540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5540

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5540	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58523F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50534F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.034 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8475',
    500: '#4e5540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5540;
$custom-light: #7f8475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 14.094,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43694,
    "c": 0.03438,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5540

secondary

#746D84

accent

#71B788

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFED

border

#C9CAC8

text

#0A0B08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5540

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →