#4E400F#4E400F

#4E400F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.068 H 92.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E400F
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 15)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 80.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.63, 0.05, 30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.63, 30.57, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% -0.0029 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.068 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0618, 5.3213, 1.2123)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E400F #0F1D4E

analogous

#4E200F #4E400F #3C4E0F

triadic

#4E400F #0F4E40 #400F4E

tetradic

#4E400F #0F4E20 #0F1D4E #4E0F3C

square

#4E400F #0F4E20 #0F1D4E #4E0F3C

split-complementary

#4E400F #0F3C4E #200F4E

monochromatic

#1A1505 #1B1605 #4E400F #816A19 #B59423

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#4E400F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E400F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E400F

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E400F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E400F	1.00	10.17	2.06	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4312

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e400f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.068 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827451',
    500: '#4e400f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e400f;
$custom-light: #827451;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e400f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37619,
    "c": 0.06764,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E400F

secondary

#314488

accent

#64EB3D

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E400F

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

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