#4E400B#4E400B

#4E400B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.070 H 93.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E400B
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 11)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(47, 86%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 85.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.60, -0.15, 32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.60, 32.25, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(37.59% -0.004 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(37.59% 0.07 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0360, 5.3110, 1.0764)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E400B #0B194E

analogous

#4E1F0B #4E400B #3A4E0B

triadic

#4E400B #0B4E40 #400B4E

tetradic

#4E400B #0B4E1F #0B194E #4E0B3A

square

#4E400B #0B4E1F #0B194E #4E0B3A

split-complementary

#4E400B #0B3A4E #1F0B4E

monochromatic

#1B1604 #1B1604 #4E400B #846C13 #B9981A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#4E400B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E400B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E400B

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E400B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E400B	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C430E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e400b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.070 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83744f',
    500: '#4e400b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e400b;
$custom-light: #83744f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e400b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37588,
    "c": 0.07034,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E400B

secondary

#2B3F8A

accent

#5DF236

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E400B

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