#4E440B#4E440B

#4E440B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.073 H 98.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E440B
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 11)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(51, 86%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 85.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, -2.65, 33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 33.49, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.57% -0.0111 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(38.57% 0.074 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2697, 5.7784, 1.1543)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E440B #0B154E

analogous

#4E230B #4E440B #364E0B

triadic

#4E440B #0B4E44 #440B4E

tetradic

#4E440B #0B4E23 #0B154E #4E0B36

square

#4E440B #0B4E23 #0B154E #4E0B36

split-complementary

#4E440B #0B364E #230B4E

monochromatic

#1B1704 #1B1704 #4E440B #847313 #B9A21A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#4E440B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E440B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E440B

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E440B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E440B	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E450F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e440b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.073 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827750',
    500: '#4e440b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e440b;
$custom-light: #827750;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e440b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38572,
    "c": 0.0735,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E440B

secondary

#2B398A

accent

#52F236

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E440B

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

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