#4E4423#4E4423

#4E4423 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.051 H 93.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4423
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 38%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 55.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.10, -0.84, 21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.10, 21.43, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% -0.0027 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.051 93)
XYZ	xyz(5.5126, 5.8755, 2.4335)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4423 #232D4E

analogous

#4E2F23 #4E4423 #434E23

triadic

#4E4423 #234E44 #44234E

tetradic

#4E4423 #234E2F #232D4E #4E2343

square

#4E4423 #234E2F #232D4E #4E2343

split-complementary

#4E4423 #23434E #2F234E

monochromatic

#151209 #241F10 #4E4423 #786936 #A28E49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4E4423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4E4423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4423

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4423	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)

#4A4320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.051 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81775e',
    500: '#4e4423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4423;
$custom-light: #81775e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3885,
    "c": 0.05122,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.05875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4423

secondary

#4B5882

accent

#75CE5A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4423

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

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