#4E4513#4E4513

#4E4513 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.069 H 98.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4513
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 19)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 75.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.22, -2.83, 30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.22, 30.41, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% -0.0106 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.069 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3878, 5.9232, 1.4755)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4513 #131C4E

analogous

#4E2813 #4E4513 #3A4E13

triadic

#4E4513 #134E45 #45134E

tetradic

#4E4513 #134E28 #131C4E #4E133A

square

#4E4513 #134E28 #131C4E #4E133A

split-complementary

#4E4513 #133A4E #28134E

monochromatic

#191606 #1D1907 #4E4513 #7F711F #B09C2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#4E4513 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4E4513 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4513

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4513	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4513	1.00	9.61	2.18	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C430C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4513;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.069 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827854',
    500: '#4e4513',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4513;
$custom-light: #827854;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4513",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38885,
    "c": 0.06867,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4513

secondary

#364287

accent

#5CE444

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE8

border

#CAC8C4

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4513

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

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