#4E5541#4E5541

#4E5541 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.033 H 123.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5541
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(81, 13%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(81, 24%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 23.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.00, -6.86, 10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.00, 12.77, 122.51°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% -0.0181 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.033 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3444, 8.4983, 6.2534)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5541 #484155

analogous

#555241 #4E5541 #445541

triadic

#4E5541 #414E55 #55414E

tetradic

#4E5541 #415552 #484155 #554144

square

#4E5541 #415552 #484155 #554144

split-complementary

#4E5541 #414455 #524155

monochromatic

#10110D #2E3226 #4E5541 #6E785C #8D9878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#4E5541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E5541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5541

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5541	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.033 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8475',
    500: '#4e5541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5541;
$custom-light: #7f8475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81,
    "s": 13.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4372,
    "c": 0.03291,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5541

secondary

#766E84

accent

#72B68A

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFED

border

#C9CAC8

text

#0A0B08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5541

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

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