#4E441C#4E441C

#4E441C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.059 H 95.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E441C
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 28)
HSL	hsl(48, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.00, -1.53, 25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.00, 25.40, 93.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% -0.0056 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.059 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4188, 5.8380, 1.9398)
Luminance	0.0584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E441C #1C264E

analogous

#4E2B1C #4E441C #3F4E1C

triadic

#4E441C #1C4E44 #441C4E

tetradic

#4E441C #1C4E2B #1C264E #4E1C3F

square

#4E441C #1C4E2B #1C264E #4E1C3F

split-complementary

#4E441C #1C3F4E #2B1C4E

monochromatic

#171408 #211D0C #4E441C #7B6B2C #A8933C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#4E441C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E441C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E441C

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E441C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E441C	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)

#4B4318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D461E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e441c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.059 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81775a',
    500: '#4e441c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e441c;
$custom-light: #81775a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e441c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38743,
    "c": 0.05918,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E441C

secondary

#424F84

accent

#6CD751

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E441C

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