#4E441A#4E441A

#4E441A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.061 H 96.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E441A
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 26)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, -1.70, 26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 26.48, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% -0.0064 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.061 96)
XYZ	xyz(5.3957, 5.8288, 1.8179)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E441A #1A244E

analogous

#4E2A1A #4E441A #3E4E1A

triadic

#4E441A #1A4E44 #441A4E

tetradic

#4E441A #1A4E2A #1A244E #4E1A3E

square

#4E441A #1A4E2A #1A244E #4E1A3E

split-complementary

#4E441A #1A3E4E #2A1A4E

monochromatic

#171408 #201C0B #4E441A #7C6C29 #AA9439

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#4E441A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E441A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E441A

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E441A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E441A	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E461C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e441a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.061 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817758',
    500: '#4e441a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e441a;
$custom-light: #817758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e441a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38717,
    "c": 0.06126,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.05829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E441A

secondary

#404D84

accent

#69DA4E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E441A

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

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