#4E4611#4E4611

#4E4611 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.071 H 100.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4611
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 17)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.51, -3.57, 31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.51, 31.71, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(39.12% -0.013 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(39.12% 0.071 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.4335, 6.0407, 1.4100)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4611 #11194E

analogous

#4E2711 #4E4611 #374E11

triadic

#4E4611 #114E46 #46114E

tetradic

#4E4611 #114E27 #11194E #4E1137

square

#4E4611 #114E27 #11194E #4E1137

split-complementary

#4E4611 #11374E #27114E

monochromatic

#191705 #1C1906 #4E4611 #80731C #B2A027

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#4E4611 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E4611 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4611

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4611	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4611	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)

#4D4409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504714

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4611;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.071 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827953',
    500: '#4e4611',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4611;
$custom-light: #827953;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4611",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39116,
    "c": 0.07121,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4611

secondary

#333E87

accent

#56E741

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4611

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

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