#4E420B#4E420B

#4E420B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.072 H 96.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E420B
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 11)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(49, 86%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 85.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.22, -1.40, 32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.22, 32.85, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% -0.0075 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.072 96)
XYZ	xyz(5.1508, 5.5406, 1.1147)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E420B #0B174E

analogous

#4E210B #4E420B #384E0B

triadic

#4E420B #0B4E42 #420B4E

tetradic

#4E420B #0B4E21 #0B174E #4E0B38

square

#4E420B #0B4E21 #0B174E #4E0B38

split-complementary

#4E420B #0B384E #210B4E

monochromatic

#1B1704 #1B1704 #4E420B #846F13 #B99D1A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#4E420B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E420B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E420B

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E420B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E420B	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4002

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D440F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e420b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.072 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82764f',
    500: '#4e420b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e420b;
$custom-light: #82764f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e420b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38078,
    "c": 0.07184,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.0554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E420B

secondary

#2B3C8A

accent

#58F236

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E420B

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

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