#4E420E#4E420E

#4E420E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.070 H 95.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E420E
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 14)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 82.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.24, -1.26, 31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.24, 31.62, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% -0.0068 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.07 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1696, 5.5481, 1.2140)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E420E #0E1A4E

analogous

#4E220E #4E420E #3A4E0E

triadic

#4E420E #0E4E42 #420E4E

tetradic

#4E420E #0E4E22 #0E1A4E #4E0E3A

square

#4E420E #0E4E22 #0E1A4E #4E0E3A

split-complementary

#4E420E #0E3A4E #220E4E

monochromatic

#1A1605 #1A1605 #4E420E #826E17 #B69A21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#4E420E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E420E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E420E

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E420E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E420E	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4411

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e420e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.070 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827651',
    500: '#4e420e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e420e;
$custom-light: #827651;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e420e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.381,
    "c": 0.06988,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E420E

secondary

#2F4089

accent

#5DEC3B

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E420E

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

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