#4E5740#4E5740

#4E5740 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.038 H 125.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5740
RGB	rgb(78, 87, 64)
HSL	hsl(83, 15%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(83, 26%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 26.4%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.61, -8.23, 12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.61, 14.73, 123.94°)
OKLab	oklab(44.2% -0.0219 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(44.2% 0.038 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4754, 8.8062, 6.1554)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5740 #494057

analogous

#575540 #4E5740 #435740

triadic

#4E5740 #404E57 #57404E

tetradic

#4E5740 #405755 #494057 #574043

square

#4E5740 #405755 #494057 #574043

split-complementary

#4E5740 #404357 #554057

monochromatic

#10120D #2E3426 #4E5740 #6E7A5A #8D9B77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#4E5740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4E5740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5740

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5740	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A543F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F5551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 87, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.038 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8675',
    500: '#4e5740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5740;
$custom-light: #7f8675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.478,
    "s": 15.232,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44196,
    "c": 0.03799,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5740

secondary

#776C86

accent

#70B88C

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFED

border

#C9CAC8

text

#0A0B08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5740

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

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