#4E4610#4E4610

#4E4610 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.072 H 100.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4610
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 16)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 79.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.51, -3.63, 31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.51, 32.15, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(39.11% -0.0133 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(39.11% 0.072 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4258, 6.0377, 1.3697)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4610 #10184E

analogous

#4E2710 #4E4610 #374E10

triadic

#4E4610 #104E46 #46104E

tetradic

#4E4610 #104E27 #10184E #4E1037

square

#4E4610 #104E27 #10184E #4E1037

split-complementary

#4E4610 #10374E #27104E

monochromatic

#191705 #1B1806 #4E4610 #81741A #B4A125

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#4E4610 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E4610 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4610

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4610	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4610	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)

#4D4407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504713

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4610;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.072 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827952',
    500: '#4e4610',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4610;
$custom-light: #827952;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4610",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39107,
    "c": 0.07196,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4610

secondary

#323D88

accent

#55E93F

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4610

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

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