#4E400C#4E400C

#4E400C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.070 H 93.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E400C
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 12)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(47, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 84.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.61, -0.10, 31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.61, 31.85, 90.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% -0.0037 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.07 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.0419, 5.3133, 1.1078)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E400C #0C1A4E

analogous

#4E1F0C #4E400C #3B4E0C

triadic

#4E400C #0C4E40 #400C4E

tetradic

#4E400C #0C4E1F #0C1A4E #4E0C3B

square

#4E400C #0C4E1F #0C1A4E #4E0C3B

split-complementary

#4E400C #0C3B4E #1F0C4E

monochromatic

#1B1604 #1B1604 #4E400C #836C14 #B8971C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#4E400C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E400C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E400C

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E400C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E400C	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)

#483F04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B430F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e400c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.070 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83744f',
    500: '#4e400c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e400c;
$custom-light: #83744f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e400c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37595,
    "c": 0.06971,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E400C

secondary

#2C408A

accent

#5FF038

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E400C

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

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