#4E4420#4E4420

#4E4420 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.055 H 94.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4420
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 32)
HSL	hsl(47, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 59%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.05, -1.15, 23.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.05, 23.16, 92.85°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% -0.004 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.055 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.4699, 5.8585, 2.2089)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4420 #202A4E

analogous

#4E2D20 #4E4420 #414E20

triadic

#4E4420 #204E44 #44204E

tetradic

#4E4420 #204E2D #202A4E #4E2041

square

#4E4420 #204E2D #202A4E #4E2041

split-complementary

#4E4420 #20414E #2D204E

monochromatic

#161309 #231E0E #4E4420 #796A32 #A59044

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#4E4420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E4420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4420

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4420	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B431D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.055 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81775c',
    500: '#4e4420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4420;
$custom-light: #81775c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38801,
    "c": 0.05475,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4420

secondary

#475482

accent

#71D256

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4420

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

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