#4E450E#4E450E

#4E450E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.072 H 99.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E450E
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 14)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(52, 82%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 82.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.18, -3.12, 32.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.18, 32.64, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(38.84% -0.0121 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(38.84% 0.072 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3495, 5.9079, 1.2739)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E450E #0E174E

analogous

#4E250E #4E450E #374E0E

triadic

#4E450E #0E4E45 #450E4E

tetradic

#4E450E #0E4E25 #0E174E #4E0E37

square

#4E450E #0E4E25 #0E174E #4E0E37

split-complementary

#4E450E #0E374E #250E4E

monochromatic

#1A1705 #1A1705 #4E450E #827317 #B6A121

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#4E450E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E450E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E450E

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E450E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E450E	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)

#4D4305

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4612

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e450e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.072 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827851',
    500: '#4e450e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e450e;
$custom-light: #827851;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e450e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38842,
    "c": 0.07245,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E450E

secondary

#2F3C89

accent

#54EC3B

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E450E

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

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