#4E4011#4E4011

#4E4011 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.066 H 92.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4011
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 17)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.65, 0.16, 29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.65, 29.65, 89.68°)
OKLab	oklab(37.64% -0.0023 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(37.64% 0.066 92)
XYZ	xyz(5.0767, 5.3273, 1.2911)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4011 #111F4E

analogous

#4E2111 #4E4011 #3D4E11

triadic

#4E4011 #114E40 #40114E

tetradic

#4E4011 #114E21 #111F4E #4E113D

square

#4E4011 #114E21 #111F4E #4E113D

split-complementary

#4E4011 #113D4E #21114E

monochromatic

#191505 #1C1706 #4E4011 #80691C #B29227

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#4E4011 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E4011 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4011

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4011	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4011	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4313

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4011;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.066 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827452',
    500: '#4e4011',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4011;
$custom-light: #827452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4011",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37638,
    "c": 0.06612,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.05327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4011

secondary

#334787

accent

#67E741

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4011

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

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