#4E450C#4E450C

#4E450C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.074 H 99.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E450C
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 12)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(52, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 84.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.17, -3.22, 33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.17, 33.45, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% -0.0126 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.074 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3366, 5.9028, 1.2060)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E450C #0C154E

analogous

#4E240C #4E450C #364E0C

triadic

#4E450C #0C4E45 #450C4E

tetradic

#4E450C #0C4E24 #0C154E #4E0C36

square

#4E450C #0C4E24 #0C154E #4E0C36

split-complementary

#4E450C #0C364E #240C4E

monochromatic

#1B1704 #1B1704 #4E450C #837414 #B8A31C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#4E450C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E450C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E450C

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E450C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E450C	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)

#4D4302

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4610

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e450c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.074 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827850',
    500: '#4e450c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e450c;
$custom-light: #827850;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e450c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38827,
    "c": 0.07377,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E450C

secondary

#2C398A

accent

#51F038

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E450C

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

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