#4E4117#4E4117

#4E4117 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.062 H 92.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4117
RGB	rgb(78, 65, 23)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.01, -0.06, 26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.01, 26.98, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.95% -0.0021 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(37.95% 0.062 92)
XYZ	xyz(5.1871, 5.4624, 1.5916)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4117 #17244E

analogous

#4E2617 #4E4117 #404E17

triadic

#4E4117 #174E41 #41174E

tetradic

#4E4117 #174E26 #17244E #4E1740

square

#4E4117 #174E26 #17244E #4E1740

split-complementary

#4E4117 #17404E #26174E

monochromatic

#181407 #1F1A09 #4E4117 #7D6825 #AD9033

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#4E4117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E4117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4117

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4117	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 65, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.062 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827556',
    500: '#4e4117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4117;
$custom-light: #827556;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37945,
    "c": 0.06166,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.05462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4117

secondary

#3C4D85

accent

#6DDE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4117

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

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