#4E5840#4E5840

#4E5840 is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.040 H 126.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5840
RGB	rgb(78, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(85, 16%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(85, 27%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 27.3%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.93, -8.82, 12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.93, 15.42, 124.86°)
OKLab	oklab(44.45% -0.0236 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(44.45% 0.04 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5569, 8.9693, 6.1826)
Luminance	0.0897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5840 #4A4058

analogous

#585640 #4E5840 #425840

triadic

#4E5840 #404E58 #58404E

tetradic

#4E5840 #405856 #4A4058 #584042

square

#4E5840 #405856 #4A4058 #584042

split-complementary

#4E5840 #404258 #564058

monochromatic

#10120D #2F3526 #4E5840 #6D7B5A #8C9C77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#4E5840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#4E5840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5840

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5840	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B553F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F5652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.040 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8775',
    500: '#4e5840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5840;
$custom-light: #7f8775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44448,
    "c": 0.03981,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5840

secondary

#786C87

accent

#6FB98E

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFED

border

#C9CAC8

text

#0A0B08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5840

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

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