#4E4614#4E4614

#4E4614 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.069 H 100.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4614
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 20)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 74.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.54, -3.39, 30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.54, 30.32, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.14% -0.012 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(39.14% 0.069 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.4586, 6.0508, 1.5421)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4614 #141C4E

analogous

#4E2914 #4E4614 #394E14

triadic

#4E4614 #144E46 #46144E

tetradic

#4E4614 #144E29 #141C4E #4E1439

square

#4E4614 #144E29 #141C4E #4E1439

split-complementary

#4E4614 #14394E #29144E

monochromatic

#181606 #1D1A08 #4E4614 #7F7220 #AF9D2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#4E4614 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E4614 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4614

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4614	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4614	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D440D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54413C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4614;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.069 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827955',
    500: '#4e4614',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4614;
$custom-light: #827955;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4614",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39144,
    "c": 0.06878,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4614

secondary

#384286

accent

#5BE245

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4614

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

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