#4E421D#4E421D

#4E421D is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.056 H 91.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E421D
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 29)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 62.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.39, -0.18, 24.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.39, 24.09, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% -0.0016 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.056 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3121, 5.6051, 1.9642)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E421D #1D294E

analogous

#4E291D #4E421D #414E1D

triadic

#4E421D #1D4E42 #421D4E

tetradic

#4E421D #1D4E29 #1D294E #4E1D41

square

#4E421D #1D4E29 #1D294E #4E1D41

split-complementary

#4E421D #1D414E #291D4E

monochromatic

#161308 #211C0C #4E421D #7B682E #A78D3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#4E421D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E421D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E421D

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E421D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E421D	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C441F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e421d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.056 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81765a',
    500: '#4e421d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e421d;
$custom-light: #81765a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e421d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38268,
    "c": 0.05634,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E421D

secondary

#445383

accent

#72D552

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E421D

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

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