#4E4312#4E4312

#4E4312 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.068 H 96.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4312
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 18)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, -1.66, 30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 30.16, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% -0.0074 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.068 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2585, 5.6780, 1.3911)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4312 #121D4E

analogous

#4E2512 #4E4312 #3B4E12

triadic

#4E4312 #124E43 #43124E

tetradic

#4E4312 #124E25 #121D4E #4E123B

square

#4E4312 #124E25 #121D4E #4E123B

split-complementary

#4E4312 #123B4E #25124E

monochromatic

#191506 #1C1807 #4E4312 #806E1D #B19829

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#4E4312 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E4312 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4312

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4312	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4312	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B410B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4515

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4312;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.068 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827653',
    500: '#4e4312',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4312;
$custom-light: #827653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4312",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38381,
    "c": 0.06769,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4312

secondary

#354487

accent

#60E642

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4312

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

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