#4E4524#4E4524

#4E4524 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.051 H 94.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4524
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 36)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 53.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.42, -1.35, 21.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.42, 21.26, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% -0.004 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.051 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5886, 6.0035, 2.5331)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4524 #242D4E

analogous

#4E3024 #4E4524 #424E24

triadic

#4E4524 #244E45 #45244E

tetradic

#4E4524 #244E30 #242D4E #4E2442

square

#4E4524 #244E30 #242D4E #4E2442

split-complementary

#4E4524 #24424E #30244E

monochromatic

#15130A #242011 #4E4524 #786A37 #A28F4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#4E4524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4E4524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4524

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4524	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54403D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.051 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81785f',
    500: '#4e4524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4524;
$custom-light: #81785f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39112,
    "c": 0.05096,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4524

secondary

#4C5881

accent

#73CD5B

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4524

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

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