#4E4316#4E4316

#4E4316 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.064 H 95.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4316
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, -1.39, 28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 28.20, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% -0.0061 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.064 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2941, 5.6922, 1.5788)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4316 #16214E

analogous

#4E2716 #4E4316 #3D4E16

triadic

#4E4316 #164E43 #43164E

tetradic

#4E4316 #164E27 #16214E #4E163D

square

#4E4316 #164E27 #16214E #4E163D

split-complementary

#4E4316 #163D4E #27164E

monochromatic

#181507 #1E1A09 #4E4316 #7E6C23 #AD9531

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#4E4316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E4316 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4316

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4316	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)

#4A4111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4518

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.064 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827656',
    500: '#4e4316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4316;
$custom-light: #827656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38423,
    "c": 0.06424,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4316

secondary

#3A4985

accent

#66DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4316

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

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