#4E4516#4E4516

#4E4516 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.066 H 98.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4516
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, -2.63, 28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 28.95, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% -0.0096 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.066 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4151, 5.9341, 1.6191)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4516 #161F4E

analogous

#4E2916 #4E4516 #3B4E16

triadic

#4E4516 #164E45 #45164E

tetradic

#4E4516 #164E29 #161F4E #4E163B

square

#4E4516 #164E29 #161F4E #4E163B

split-complementary

#4E4516 #163B4E #29164E

monochromatic

#181507 #1E1B09 #4E4516 #7E6F23 #AD9931

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#4E4516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E4516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4516

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4516	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.066 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827856',
    500: '#4e4516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4516;
$custom-light: #827856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38916,
    "c": 0.06606,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4516

secondary

#3A4685

accent

#61DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4516

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

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