#4E4317#4E4317

#4E4317 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.063 H 95.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4317
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, -1.31, 27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 27.69, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% -0.0057 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.063 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3039, 5.6961, 1.6305)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4317 #17224E

analogous

#4E2817 #4E4317 #3E4E17

triadic

#4E4317 #174E43 #43174E

tetradic

#4E4317 #174E28 #17224E #4E173E

square

#4E4317 #174E28 #17224E #4E173E

split-complementary

#4E4317 #173E4E #28174E

monochromatic

#181407 #1F1A09 #4E4317 #7D6C25 #AD9433

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#4E4317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E4317 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4317

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4317	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)

#4A4212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.063 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827656',
    500: '#4e4317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4317;
$custom-light: #827656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38434,
    "c": 0.0633,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4317

secondary

#3C4A85

accent

#68DE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4317

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

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