#4E420F#4E420F

#4E420F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.069 H 95.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E420F
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 15)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 80.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.25, -1.21, 31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.25, 31.19, 92.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.11% -0.0065 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(38.11% 0.069 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.1766, 5.5509, 1.2506)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E420F #0F1B4E

analogous

#4E220F #4E420F #3A4E0F

triadic

#4E420F #0F4E42 #420F4E

tetradic

#4E420F #0F4E22 #0F1B4E #4E0F3A

square

#4E420F #0F4E22 #0F1B4E #4E0F3A

split-complementary

#4E420F #0F3A4E #220F4E

monochromatic

#1A1605 #1B1705 #4E420F #816D19 #B59923

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#4E420F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E420F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E420F

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E420F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E420F	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)

#4A4007

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4412

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e420f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.069 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827651',
    500: '#4e420f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e420f;
$custom-light: #827651;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e420f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38108,
    "c": 0.06917,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E420F

secondary

#314188

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E420F

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

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