#4E4417#4E4417

#4E4417 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.064 H 96.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4417
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.94, -1.94, 27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.94, 28.06, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(38.68% -0.0075 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(38.68% 0.064 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.3639, 5.8161, 1.6505)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4417 #17214E

analogous

#4E2917 #4E4417 #3D4E17

triadic

#4E4417 #174E44 #44174E

tetradic

#4E4417 #174E29 #17214E #4E173D

square

#4E4417 #174E29 #17214E #4E173D

split-complementary

#4E4417 #173D4E #29174E

monochromatic

#181507 #1F1B09 #4E4417 #7D6D25 #AD9633

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#4E4417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4E4417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4417

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4417	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.064 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827756',
    500: '#4e4417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4417;
$custom-light: #827756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3868,
    "c": 0.0642,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4417

secondary

#3C4985

accent

#65DE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4417

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

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