#4E4422#4E4422

#4E4422 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.052 H 93.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4422
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, -0.95, 21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 22.01, 92.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% -0.0031 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.052 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4979, 5.8697, 2.3564)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4422 #222C4E

analogous

#4E2E22 #4E4422 #424E22

triadic

#4E4422 #224E44 #44224E

tetradic

#4E4422 #224E2E #222C4E #4E2242

square

#4E4422 #224E2E #222C4E #4E2242

split-complementary

#4E4422 #22424E #2E224E

monochromatic

#151309 #231F0F #4E4422 #796935 #A38E47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4E4422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E4422 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4422

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4422	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A431F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.052 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81775e',
    500: '#4e4422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4422;
$custom-light: #81775e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38833,
    "c": 0.05241,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4422

secondary

#4A5782

accent

#74CF59

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4422

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

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