#4E451F#4E451F

#4E451F is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.057 H 96.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E451F
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 31)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 60.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.35, -1.87, 24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.35, 24.13, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(39.03% -0.0062 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(39.03% 0.057 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5175, 5.9751, 2.1587)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E451F #1F284E

analogous

#4E2E1F #4E451F #404E1F

triadic

#4E451F #1F4E45 #451F4E

tetradic

#4E451F #1F4E2E #1F284E #4E1F40

square

#4E451F #1F4E2E #1F284E #4E1F40

split-complementary

#4E451F #1F404E #2E1F4E

monochromatic

#161309 #221E0E #4E451F #7A6C30 #A69242

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#4E451F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E451F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E451F

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E451F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E451F	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)

#4C431B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54403C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e451f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.057 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81785c',
    500: '#4e451f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e451f;
$custom-light: #81785c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e451f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39032,
    "c": 0.05685,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E451F

secondary

#465283

accent

#6DD355

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E451F

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

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