#4E4414#4E4414

#4E4414 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.067 H 97.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4414
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 20)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 74.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.91, -2.15, 29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.91, 29.56, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% -0.0085 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.067 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3355, 5.8047, 1.5011)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4414 #141E4E

analogous

#4E2714 #4E4414 #3B4E14

triadic

#4E4414 #144E44 #44144E

tetradic

#4E4414 #144E27 #141E4E #4E143B

square

#4E4414 #144E27 #141E4E #4E143B

split-complementary

#4E4414 #143B4E #27144E

monochromatic

#181506 #1D1A08 #4E4414 #7F6E20 #AF992D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#4E4414 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E4414 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4414

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4414	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4414	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B420E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4617

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4414;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.067 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827754',
    500: '#4e4414',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4414;
$custom-light: #827754;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4414",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38648,
    "c": 0.0669,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4414

secondary

#384586

accent

#60E245

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE8

border

#CAC8C4

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4414

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

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