#4E4315#4E4315

#4E4315 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.065 H 95.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4315
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 21)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 73.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, -1.46, 28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 28.70, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.41% -0.0064 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(38.41% 0.065 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2846, 5.6884, 1.5289)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4315 #15204E

analogous

#4E2715 #4E4315 #3D4E15

triadic

#4E4315 #154E43 #43154E

tetradic

#4E4315 #154E27 #15204E #4E153D

square

#4E4315 #154E27 #15204E #4E153D

split-complementary

#4E4315 #153D4E #27154E

monochromatic

#181506 #1E1A08 #4E4315 #7E6C22 #AE962F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#4E4315 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E4315 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4315

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4315	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4315	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A410F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4517

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4315;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.065 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827655',
    500: '#4e4315',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4315;
$custom-light: #827655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4315",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38412,
    "c": 0.06514,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4315

secondary

#394886

accent

#65E147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4315

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

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