#4E4522#4E4522

#4E4522 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.053 H 95.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4522
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.39, -1.57, 22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.39, 22.42, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% -0.0049 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.053 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5589, 5.9917, 2.3768)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4522 #222B4E

analogous

#4E2F22 #4E4522 #414E22

triadic

#4E4522 #224E45 #45224E

tetradic

#4E4522 #224E2F #222B4E #4E2241

square

#4E4522 #224E2F #222B4E #4E2241

split-complementary

#4E4522 #22414E #2F224E

monochromatic

#151309 #231F0F #4E4522 #796B35 #A39047

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#4E4522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4E4522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4522

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4522	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B441F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54403D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.053 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81785e',
    500: '#4e4522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4522;
$custom-light: #81785e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39079,
    "c": 0.05338,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4522

secondary

#4A5582

accent

#71CF59

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4522

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

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