#4E5A42#4E5A42

#4E5A42 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.041 H 129.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5A42
RGB	rgb(78, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(90, 15%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(90, 27%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 26.7%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.60, -9.63, 12.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.60, 15.67, 127.93°)
OKLab	oklab(45% -0.0259 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(45% 0.041 129.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7813, 9.3253, 6.5432)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5A42 #4E425A

analogous

#5A5A42 #4E5A42 #425A42

triadic

#4E5A42 #424E5A #5A424E

tetradic

#4E5A42 #425A5A #4E425A #5A4242

square

#4E5A42 #425A5A #4E425A #5A4242

split-complementary

#4E5A42 #42425A #5A425A

monochromatic

#11130E #2F3728 #4E5A42 #6D7D5C #8B9D79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#4E5A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#4E5A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5A42

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5A42	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F5854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.041 129.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8876',
    500: '#4e5a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5a42;
$custom-light: #7f8876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45004,
    "c": 0.04067,
    "h": 129.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5A42

secondary

#7C6F89

accent

#70B894

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEEFED

border

#C9CAC8

text

#0A0B08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5A42

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

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