#4E4015#4E4015

#4E4015 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.063 H 90.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4015
RGB	rgb(78, 64, 21)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 73.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.68, 0.43, 27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.68, 27.69, 89.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.68% -0.001 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(37.68% 0.063 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1109, 5.3409, 1.4710)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4015 #15234E

analogous

#4E2415 #4E4015 #404E15

triadic

#4E4015 #154E40 #40154E

tetradic

#4E4015 #154E24 #15234E #4E1540

square

#4E4015 #154E24 #15234E #4E1540

split-complementary

#4E4015 #15404E #24154E

monochromatic

#181406 #1E1808 #4E4015 #7E6822 #AE8F2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#4E4015 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E4015 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4015

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4015	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4015	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553A37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 64, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.063 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827455',
    500: '#4e4015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4015;
$custom-light: #827455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37679,
    "c": 0.06275,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4015

secondary

#394C86

accent

#6DE147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE8

border

#CAC8C4

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4015

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

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