#4E5642#4E5642

#4E5642 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.033 H 125.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5642
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 66)
HSL	hsl(84, 13%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(84, 23%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 23.3%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.34, -7.28, 10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.34, 12.87, 124.43°)
OKLab	oklab(44% -0.0193 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.033 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4529, 8.6686, 6.4338)
Luminance	0.0867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5642 #4A4256

analogous

#565442 #4E5642 #445642

triadic

#4E5642 #424E56 #56424E

tetradic

#4E5642 #425654 #4A4256 #564244

square

#4E5642 #425654 #4A4256 #564244

split-complementary

#4E5642 #424456 #544256

monochromatic

#10110D #2F3327 #4E5642 #6D795D #8C997A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#4E5642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4E5642 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5642

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5642	1.00	7.68	2.73	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F5451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.033 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8576',
    500: '#4e5642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5642;
$custom-light: #7f8576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 13.158,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43996,
    "c": 0.03328,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5642

secondary

#786F85

accent

#72B68D

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFED

border

#C9CAC8

text

#0A0B08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5642

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

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