#4E400E#4E400E

#4E400E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.068 H 92.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E400E
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 14)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 82.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.62, -0.00, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.62, 31.01, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% -0.0032 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.068 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0548, 5.3185, 1.1757)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E400E #0E1C4E

analogous

#4E200E #4E400E #3C4E0E

triadic

#4E400E #0E4E40 #400E4E

tetradic

#4E400E #0E4E20 #0E1C4E #4E0E3C

square

#4E400E #0E4E20 #0E1C4E #4E0E3C

split-complementary

#4E400E #0E3C4E #200E4E

monochromatic

#1A1505 #1A1505 #4E400E #826B17 #B69521

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#4E400E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E400E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E400E

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E400E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E400E	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)

#483F06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4311

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e400e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.068 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827450',
    500: '#4e400e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e400e;
$custom-light: #827450;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e400e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37611,
    "c": 0.06836,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E400E

secondary

#2F4389

accent

#62EC3B

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E400E

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

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