#4E4425#4E4425

#4E4425 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.049 H 92.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4425
RGB	rgb(78, 68, 37)
HSL	hsl(45, 36%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 52.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.13, -0.62, 20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.13, 20.26, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% -0.0018 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.049 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5431, 5.8877, 2.5944)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4425 #252F4E

analogous

#4E3025 #4E4425 #434E25

triadic

#4E4425 #254E44 #44254E

tetradic

#4E4425 #254E30 #252F4E #4E2543

square

#4E4425 #254E30 #252F4E #4E2543

split-complementary

#4E4425 #25434E #30254E

monochromatic

#15120A #242011 #4E4425 #786839 #A18C4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#4E4425 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E4425 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4425

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4425	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4425	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54403D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4425;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 68, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.049 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817760',
    500: '#4e4425',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4425;
$custom-light: #817760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4425",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38885,
    "c": 0.04877,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4425

secondary

#4E5A81

accent

#77CC5C

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0805

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4425

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

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