#4E451E#4E451E

#4E451E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.058 H 96.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E451E
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 30)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 61.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.34, -1.97, 24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.34, 24.69, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(39.02% -0.0066 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(39.02% 0.058 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5046, 5.9699, 2.0904)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E451E #1E274E

analogous

#4E2D1E #4E451E #3F4E1E

triadic

#4E451E #1E4E45 #451E4E

tetradic

#4E451E #1E4E2D #1E274E #4E1E3F

square

#4E451E #1E4E2D #1E274E #4E1E3F

split-complementary

#4E451E #1E3F4E #2D1E4E

monochromatic

#161409 #221E0D #4E451E #7A6C2F #A69340

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#4E451E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E451E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E451E

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E451E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E451E	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C431A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54403C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e451e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.058 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81785b',
    500: '#4e451e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e451e;
$custom-light: #81785b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e451e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39017,
    "c": 0.05797,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E451E

secondary

#455083

accent

#6CD454

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E451E

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

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