#4E4322#4E4322

#4E4322 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.052 H 91.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4322
RGB	rgb(78, 67, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.77, -0.32, 21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.77, 21.62, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.59% -0.0013 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(38.59% 0.052 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4380, 5.7498, 2.3364)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4322 #222D4E

analogous

#4E2D22 #4E4322 #434E22

triadic

#4E4322 #224E43 #43224E

tetradic

#4E4322 #224E2D #222D4E #4E2243

square

#4E4322 #224E2D #222D4E #4E2243

split-complementary

#4E4322 #22434E #2D224E

monochromatic

#151209 #231E0F #4E4322 #796835 #A38C47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#4E4322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4E4322 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4322

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4322	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49421F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543E3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 67, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.052 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81775e',
    500: '#4e4322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4322;
$custom-light: #81775e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38589,
    "c": 0.05151,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4322

secondary

#4A5882

accent

#76CF59

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4322

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

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