#4E451B#4E451B

#4E451B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.061 H 97.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E451B
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 27)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.30, -2.24, 26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.30, 26.34, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.98% -0.0078 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(38.98% 0.061 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4681, 5.9553, 1.8982)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E451B #1B244E

analogous

#4E2B1B #4E451B #3D4E1B

triadic

#4E451B #1B4E45 #451B4E

tetradic

#4E451B #1B4E2B #1B244E #4E1B3D

square

#4E451B #1B4E2B #1B244E #4E1B3D

split-complementary

#4E451B #1B3D4E #2B1B4E

monochromatic

#171408 #211D0B #4E451B #7B6D2B #A9953A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#4E451B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E451B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E451B

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E451B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E451B	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E461D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54403C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e451b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.061 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817859',
    500: '#4e451b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e451b;
$custom-light: #817859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e451b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38976,
    "c": 0.06118,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E451B

secondary

#414D84

accent

#68D850

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E451B

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

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