#4E450F#4E450F

#4E450F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.072 H 99.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E450F
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 15)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 80.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.19, -3.07, 32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.19, 32.22, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% -0.0118 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.072 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3565, 5.9107, 1.3106)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E450F #0F184E

analogous

#4E250F #4E450F #374E0F

triadic

#4E450F #0F4E45 #450F4E

tetradic

#4E450F #0F4E25 #0F184E #4E0F37

square

#4E450F #0F4E25 #0F184E #4E0F37

split-complementary

#4E450F #0F374E #250F4E

monochromatic

#1A1705 #1B1805 #4E450F #817219 #B5A023

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#4E450F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E450F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E450F

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E450F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E450F	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4613

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e450f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.072 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827852',
    500: '#4e450f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e450f;
$custom-light: #827852;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e450f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3885,
    "c": 0.07176,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E450F

secondary

#313D88

accent

#56EB3D

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E450F

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

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