#4E5543#4E5543

#4E5543 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.030 H 124.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5543
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 67)
HSL	hsl(83, 12%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(83, 21%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 21.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.05, -6.50, 9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.05, 11.58, 124.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% -0.0171 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.03 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4034, 8.5219, 6.5640)
Luminance	0.0852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5543 #4A4355

analogous

#555343 #4E5543 #455543

triadic

#4E5543 #434E55 #55434E

tetradic

#4E5543 #435553 #4A4355 #554345

square

#4E5543 #435553 #4A4355 #554345

split-complementary

#4E5543 #434555 #534355

monochromatic

#10110D #2F3328 #4E5543 #6D775E #8C977B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#4E5543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E5543 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5543

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5543	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F5350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.030 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8477',
    500: '#4e5543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5543;
$custom-light: #7f8477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.333,
    "s": 11.842,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43772,
    "c": 0.02996,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5543

secondary

#787084

accent

#73B58D

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFED

border

#C9CAC8

text

#0A0B08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5543

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

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