#4E5C42#4E5C42

#4E5C42 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.044 H 131.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5C42
RGB	rgb(78, 92, 66)
HSL	hsl(92, 16%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(92, 28%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 28.3%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.24, -10.79, 13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.24, 17.07, 129.21°)
OKLab	oklab(45.51% -0.0291 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(45.51% 0.044 131)
XYZ	xyz(7.9522, 9.6672, 6.6002)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5C42 #50425C

analogous

#5B5C42 #4E5C42 #425C43

triadic

#4E5C42 #424E5C #5C424E

tetradic

#4E5C42 #425B5C #50425C #5C4342

square

#4E5C42 #425B5C #50425C #5C4342

split-complementary

#4E5C42 #43425C #5C425B

monochromatic

#12150F #303828 #4E5C42 #6C805C #8B9F79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#4E5C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#4E5C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5C42

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5C42	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F5A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 92, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.044 131.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808a76',
    500: '#4e5c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5c42;
$custom-light: #808a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.308,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45511,
    "c": 0.04437,
    "h": 131
  },
  "luminance": 0.09667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5C42

secondary

#7E6F8B

accent

#6FB997

background

#F7F8F7

surface

#EEF0ED

border

#C9CBC8

text

#0A0B08

muted

#7C7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5C42

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

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