#4E421E#4E421E

#4E421E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.055 H 91.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E421E
RGB	rgb(78, 66, 30)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 61.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, -0.09, 23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 23.53, 90.22°)
OKLab	oklab(38.28% -0.0012 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(38.28% 0.055 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3247, 5.6101, 2.0304)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E421E #1E2A4E

analogous

#4E2A1E #4E421E #424E1E

triadic

#4E421E #1E4E42 #421E4E

tetradic

#4E421E #1E4E2A #1E2A4E #4E1E42

square

#4E421E #1E4E2A #1E2A4E #4E1E42

split-complementary

#4E421E #1E424E #2A1E4E

monochromatic

#161309 #221D0D #4E421E #7A672F #A68D40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#4E421E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E421E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E421E

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E421E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E421E	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)

#49411B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C441F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e421e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 66, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.055 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81765b',
    500: '#4e421e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e421e;
$custom-light: #81765b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e421e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38283,
    "c": 0.05524,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E421E

secondary

#455483

accent

#74D454

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E421E

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

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