#4E5548#4E5548

#4E5548 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.023 H 130.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5548
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 72)
HSL	hsl(92, 8%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(92, 15%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 15.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.17, -5.54, 6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.17, 8.66, 129.78°)
OKLab	oklab(43.91% -0.0147 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(43.91% 0.023 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5599, 8.5845, 7.3883)
Luminance	0.0858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5548 #4F4855

analogous

#545548 #4E5548 #485548

triadic

#4E5548 #484E55 #55484E

tetradic

#4E5548 #485455 #4F4855 #554848

square

#4E5548 #485455 #4F4855 #554848

split-complementary

#4E5548 #484855 #554854

monochromatic

#111310 #30342C #4E5548 #6C7664 #8B9582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.73

#4E5548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#4E5548 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5548

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5548	1.00	7.73	2.72	7.73
#FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.023 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f847b',
    500: '#4e5548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5548;
$custom-light: #7f847b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.308,
    "s": 8.28,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43913,
    "c": 0.02265,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5548

secondary

#7D7584

accent

#76B196

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFED

border

#C9CAC8

text

#0A0B09

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5548

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

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