#4E420D#4E420D

#4E420D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.071 H 95.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E420D
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 13)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(49, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 83.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.24, -1.31, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.24, 32.05, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(38.09% -0.007 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(38.09% 0.071 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1630, 5.5455, 1.1791)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E420D #0D194E

analogous

#4E210D #4E420D #394E0D

triadic

#4E420D #0D4E42 #420D4E

tetradic

#4E420D #0D4E21 #0D194E #4E0D39

square

#4E420D #0D4E21 #0D194E #4E0D39

split-complementary

#4E420D #0D394E #210D4E

monochromatic

#1A1604 #1A1604 #4E420D #826E16 #B79B1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#4E420D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E420D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E420D

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E420D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E420D	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)

#4A4004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4410

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e420d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.071 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827650',
    500: '#4e420d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e420d;
$custom-light: #827650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e420d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38092,
    "c": 0.07056,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E420D

secondary

#2E3F89

accent

#5BEE3A

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E420D

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

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