#4E4211#4E4211

#4E4211 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.068 H 95.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4211
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 17)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.27, -1.09, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.27, 30.29, 92.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.13% -0.0059 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(38.13% 0.068 95)
XYZ	xyz(5.1915, 5.5569, 1.3293)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4211 #111D4E

analogous

#4E2311 #4E4211 #3B4E11

triadic

#4E4211 #114E42 #42114E

tetradic

#4E4211 #114E23 #111D4E #4E113B

square

#4E4211 #114E23 #111D4E #4E113B

split-complementary

#4E4211 #113B4E #23114E

monochromatic

#191505 #1C1706 #4E4211 #806D1C #B29727

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#4E4211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E4211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4211

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4211	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)

#4A410A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4414

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.068 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827652',
    500: '#4e4211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4211;
$custom-light: #827652;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38126,
    "c": 0.06766,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.05557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4211

secondary

#334487

accent

#61E741

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4211

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

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