#4E421B#4E421B

#4E421B is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.058 H 92.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E421B
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 27)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.37, -0.36, 25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.37, 25.19, 90.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.24% -0.0024 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(38.24% 0.058 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2882, 5.5955, 1.8382)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E421B #1B274E

analogous

#4E281B #4E421B #404E1B

triadic

#4E421B #1B4E42 #421B4E

tetradic

#4E421B #1B4E28 #1B274E #4E1B40

square

#4E421B #1B4E28 #1B274E #4E1B40

split-complementary

#4E421B #1B404E #281B4E

monochromatic

#171308 #211C0B #4E421B #7B682B #A98F3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#4E421B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E421B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E421B

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E421B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E421B	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C441D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e421b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.058 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817659',
    500: '#4e421b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e421b;
$custom-light: #817659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e421b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3824,
    "c": 0.05847,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E421B

secondary

#415184

accent

#70D850

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E421B

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

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