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#4C4E33

Umber · dark warm yellow

About #4C4E33

#4C4E33 is a dark, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 30% red, 31% green and 20% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 35% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is similar to Umber (ΔE 14.1), with Walnut the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #35334E (prussian blue), its complementary partner.

Because it is dark, it is most useful for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.59:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.59:1).

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Red76
Green78
Blue51

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 14.1
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 16.6
Hunter Green
#355E3B · ΔE 17.4

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #4C4E33

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #4C4E33.
8.59:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #4C4E33.
2.44:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4C4E33 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4C4E33
Protanopia (no red cones)
#524C31
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#524C34
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#4F4B47

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4C4E33?

#4C4E33 is a dark, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 30% red, 31% green and 20% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 3% cyan, 0% magenta, 35% yellow and 69% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #4C4E33?

Use white text. White on #4C4E33 has a contrast ratio of 8.59:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4C4E33?

Its complementary colour is #35334E, and analogous partners are #4E4333 and #3F4E33.