#4E4010#4E4010

#4E4010 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.067 H 92.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4010
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 16)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 79.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.64, 0.11, 30.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.64, 30.11, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% -0.0026 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.067 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0691, 5.3242, 1.2508)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4010 #101E4E

analogous

#4E2110 #4E4010 #3D4E10

triadic

#4E4010 #104E40 #40104E

tetradic

#4E4010 #104E21 #101E4E #4E103D

square

#4E4010 #104E21 #101E4E #4E103D

split-complementary

#4E4010 #103D4E #21104E

monochromatic

#191505 #1B1606 #4E4010 #816A1A #B49325

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#4E4010 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4E4010 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4010

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4010	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4010	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)

#483F09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4313

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4010;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.067 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827452',
    500: '#4e4010',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4010;
$custom-light: #827452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4010",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37628,
    "c": 0.0669,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4010

secondary

#324588

accent

#65E93F

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4010

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

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