#4E4212#4E4212

#4E4212 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.067 H 94.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4212
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 18)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.27, -1.03, 29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.27, 29.82, 91.98°)
OKLab	oklab(38.14% -0.0056 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(38.14% 0.067 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.1995, 5.5601, 1.3715)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4212 #121E4E

analogous

#4E2412 #4E4212 #3C4E12

triadic

#4E4212 #124E42 #42124E

tetradic

#4E4212 #124E24 #121E4E #4E123C

square

#4E4212 #124E24 #121E4E #4E123C

split-complementary

#4E4212 #123C4E #24124E

monochromatic

#191506 #1C1807 #4E4212 #806C1D #B19629

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#4E4212 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E4212 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4212

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4212	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4212	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A410B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4415

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4212;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.067 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827653',
    500: '#4e4212',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4212;
$custom-light: #827653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4212",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38135,
    "c": 0.06685,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4212

secondary

#354587

accent

#63E642

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4212

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

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