#4E4518#4E4518

#4E4518 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.064 H 98.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4518
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 24)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 69.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.27, -2.48, 27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.27, 27.93, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.94% -0.0089 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(38.94% 0.064 98)
XYZ	xyz(5.4351, 5.9421, 1.7246)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4518 #18214E

analogous

#4E2A18 #4E4518 #3C4E18

triadic

#4E4518 #184E45 #45184E

tetradic

#4E4518 #184E2A #18214E #4E183C

square

#4E4518 #184E2A #18214E #4E183C

split-complementary

#4E4518 #183C4E #2A184E

monochromatic

#171507 #1F1C0A #4E4518 #7D6E26 #AC9835

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#4E4518 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E4518 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4518

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4518	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4518	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)

#4C4313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E461A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4518;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.064 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827857',
    500: '#4e4518',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4518;
$custom-light: #827857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4518",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38939,
    "c": 0.06418,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.05942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4518

secondary

#3D4985

accent

#64DC4B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4518

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

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