#4E4311#4E4311

#4E4311 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.068 H 96.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4311
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 17)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.58, -1.72, 30.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.58, 30.63, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% -0.0077 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.068 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2505, 5.6748, 1.3490)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4311 #111C4E

analogous

#4E2411 #4E4311 #3A4E11

triadic

#4E4311 #114E43 #43114E

tetradic

#4E4311 #114E24 #111C4E #4E113A

square

#4E4311 #114E24 #111C4E #4E113A

split-complementary

#4E4311 #113A4E #24114E

monochromatic

#191605 #1C1806 #4E4311 #806E1C #B29927

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#4E4311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E4311 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4311

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4311	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B410A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4514

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.068 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827653',
    500: '#4e4311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4311;
$custom-light: #827653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38372,
    "c": 0.06848,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4311

secondary

#334387

accent

#5FE741

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4311

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

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