#4E4217#4E4217

#4E4217 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.062 H 93.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4217
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 23)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.32, -0.69, 27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.32, 27.33, 91.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% -0.0039 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.062 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2450, 5.5783, 1.6109)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4217 #17234E

analogous

#4E2717 #4E4217 #3F4E17

triadic

#4E4217 #174E42 #42174E

tetradic

#4E4217 #174E27 #17234E #4E173F

square

#4E4217 #174E27 #17234E #4E173F

split-complementary

#4E4217 #173F4E #27174E

monochromatic

#181407 #1F1A09 #4E4217 #7D6A25 #AD9233

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#4E4217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E4217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4217

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4217	1.00	9.93	2.12	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.062 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827656',
    500: '#4e4217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4217;
$custom-light: #827656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38189,
    "c": 0.06245,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4217

secondary

#3C4C85

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4217

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

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