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#4E4D3D

Umber · dark warm yellow

About #4E4D3D

With the hex code #4E4D3D, this is a dark yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 30% green and 24% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 22% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Umber — a ΔE of 9.3 — followed by Graphite. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #3D3E4E, a charcoal shade.

In design, a dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. Put white text on top of it — 8.56:1, a WCAG AAA pass. Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (8.56:1).

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Red78
Green77
Blue61

Closest named colours

Umber
#635147 · ΔE 9.3
Graphite
#383838 · ΔE 13.4
Walnut
#5C4033 · ΔE 13.7

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

Text on #4E4D3D

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on umber #4E4D3D.
8.56:1AAA
Black heading text
Body copy set on umber #4E4D3D.
2.45:1Fail

Colour-blindness preview

How #4E4D3D appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#4E4D3D
Protanopia (no red cones)
#504C3C
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#504D3E
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#514B49

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #4E4D3D?

With the hex code #4E4D3D, this is a dark yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 31% red, 30% green and 24% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 22% yellow and 69% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #4E4D3D?

Use white text. White on #4E4D3D has a contrast ratio of 8.56:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #4E4D3D?

Its complementary colour is #3D3E4E, and analogous partners are #4E453D and #474E3D.