#4E400D#4E400D

#4E400D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.069 H 92.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E400D
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 13)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(47, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 83.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.62, -0.05, 31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.62, 31.44, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% -0.0035 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.069 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0482, 5.3159, 1.1409)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E400D #0D1B4E

analogous

#4E1F0D #4E400D #3B4E0D

triadic

#4E400D #0D4E40 #400D4E

tetradic

#4E400D #0D4E1F #0D1B4E #4E0D3B

square

#4E400D #0D4E1F #0D1B4E #4E0D3B

split-complementary

#4E400D #0D3B4E #1F0D4E

monochromatic

#1A1604 #1A1604 #4E400D #826B16 #B7961E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#4E400D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E400D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E400D

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E400D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E400D	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)

#483F05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4310

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e400d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.069 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827450',
    500: '#4e400d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e400d;
$custom-light: #827450;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e400d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37603,
    "c": 0.06906,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E400D

secondary

#2E4189

accent

#61EE3A

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E400D

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

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