#4E4512#4E4512

#4E4512 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.069 H 99.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4512
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 18)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.21, -2.90, 30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.21, 30.88, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(38.88% -0.0109 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(38.88% 0.069 99)
XYZ	xyz(5.3794, 5.9199, 1.4314)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4512 #121B4E

analogous

#4E2712 #4E4512 #394E12

triadic

#4E4512 #124E45 #45124E

tetradic

#4E4512 #124E27 #121B4E #4E1239

square

#4E4512 #124E27 #121B4E #4E1239

split-complementary

#4E4512 #12394E #27124E

monochromatic

#191606 #1C1907 #4E4512 #80711D #B19D29

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#4E4512 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E4512 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4512

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4512	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4512	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)

#4C430B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4615

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4512;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.069 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827853',
    500: '#4e4512',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4512;
$custom-light: #827853;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4512",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38876,
    "c": 0.06948,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.0592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4512

secondary

#354187

accent

#5BE642

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4512

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

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