#4E4510#4E4510

#4E4510 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.071 H 99.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4510
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 16)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 79.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.19, -3.01, 31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.19, 31.78, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.86% -0.0115 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(38.86% 0.071 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3638, 5.9136, 1.3490)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4510 #10194E

analogous

#4E2610 #4E4510 #384E10

triadic

#4E4510 #104E45 #45104E

tetradic

#4E4510 #104E26 #10194E #4E1038

square

#4E4510 #104E26 #10194E #4E1038

split-complementary

#4E4510 #10384E #26104E

monochromatic

#191605 #1B1806 #4E4510 #81721A #B49F25

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#4E4510 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E4510 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4510

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4510	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4510	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)

#4C4308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4613

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4510;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.071 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827852',
    500: '#4e4510',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4510;
$custom-light: #827852;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4510",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38858,
    "c": 0.07103,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4510

secondary

#323E88

accent

#58E93F

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4510

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

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