#4E4216#4E4216

#4E4216 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.063 H 93.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4216
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 22)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.31, -0.76, 27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.31, 27.84, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(38.18% -0.0043 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(38.18% 0.063 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.2352, 5.5743, 1.5591)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4216 #16224E

analogous

#4E2616 #4E4216 #3E4E16

triadic

#4E4216 #164E42 #42164E

tetradic

#4E4216 #164E26 #16224E #4E163E

square

#4E4216 #164E26 #16224E #4E163E

split-complementary

#4E4216 #163E4E #26164E

monochromatic

#181407 #1E1A09 #4E4216 #7E6A23 #AD9331

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#4E4216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E4216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4216

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4216	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4418

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553C39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.063 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827655',
    500: '#4e4216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4216;
$custom-light: #827655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38177,
    "c": 0.06338,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4216

secondary

#3A4A85

accent

#69DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4216

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

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