#4E4529#4E4529

#4E4529 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.045 H 92.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4529
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 31%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 47.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.50, -0.77, 18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.50, 18.31, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(39.2% -0.0018 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(39.2% 0.045 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6704, 6.0363, 2.9638)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4529 #29324E

analogous

#4E3229 #4E4529 #444E29

triadic

#4E4529 #294E45 #45294E

tetradic

#4E4529 #294E32 #29324E #4E2944

square

#4E4529 #294E32 #29324E #4E2944

split-complementary

#4E4529 #29444E #32294E

monochromatic

#14120B #262214 #4E4529 #76683E #9E8C53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#4E4529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E4529 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4529

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4529	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D472A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53413E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.045 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807863',
    500: '#4e4529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4529;
$custom-light: #807863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 31.092,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39204,
    "c": 0.04462,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4529

secondary

#525E80

accent

#7AC761

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDEA

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0905

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4529

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

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