#4E450B#4E450B

#4E450B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.074 H 99.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E450B
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 11)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(52, 86%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 85.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.16, -3.26, 33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.16, 33.83, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.82% -0.0128 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(38.82% 0.074 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3307, 5.9004, 1.1746)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E450B #0B144E

analogous

#4E230B #4E450B #364E0B

triadic

#4E450B #0B4E45 #450B4E

tetradic

#4E450B #0B4E23 #0B144E #4E0B36

square

#4E450B #0B4E23 #0B144E #4E0B36

split-complementary

#4E450B #0B364E #230B4E

monochromatic

#1B1804 #1B1804 #4E450B #847413 #B9A41A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#4E450B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E450B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E450B

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E450B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E450B	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F460F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e450b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.074 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827850',
    500: '#4e450b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e450b;
$custom-light: #827850;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e450b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38821,
    "c": 0.07438,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E450B

secondary

#2B388A

accent

#4FF236

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E450B

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

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