#4E4515#4E4515

#4E4515 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.067 H 98.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4515
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 21)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 73.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, -2.70, 29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 29.45, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.91% -0.01 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(38.91% 0.067 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4056, 5.9303, 1.5693)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4515 #151E4E

analogous

#4E2915 #4E4515 #3B4E15

triadic

#4E4515 #154E45 #45154E

tetradic

#4E4515 #154E29 #151E4E #4E153B

square

#4E4515 #154E29 #151E4E #4E153B

split-complementary

#4E4515 #153B4E #29154E

monochromatic

#181506 #1E1A08 #4E4515 #7E7022 #AE9A2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#4E4515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E4515 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4515

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4515	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C430F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.067 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827855',
    500: '#4e4515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4515;
$custom-light: #827855;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38905,
    "c": 0.06696,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4515

secondary

#394586

accent

#5FE147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4515

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

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