#4E441B#4E441B

#4E441B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.060 H 95.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E441B
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 27)
HSL	hsl(48, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.99, -1.61, 25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.99, 25.94, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% -0.006 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.06 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4071, 5.8333, 1.8778)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E441B #1B254E

analogous

#4E2A1B #4E441B #3E4E1B

triadic

#4E441B #1B4E44 #441B4E

tetradic

#4E441B #1B4E2A #1B254E #4E1B3E

square

#4E441B #1B4E2A #1B254E #4E1B3E

split-complementary

#4E441B #1B3E4E #2A1B4E

monochromatic

#171408 #211C0B #4E441B #7B6C2B #A9933A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#4E441B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E441B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E441B

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E441B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E441B	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E461D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e441b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.060 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817759',
    500: '#4e441b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e441b;
$custom-light: #817759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e441b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3873,
    "c": 0.06023,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E441B

secondary

#414E84

accent

#6AD850

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E441B

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