#4E4615#4E4615

#4E4615 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.068 H 99.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4615
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 21)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 73.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.55, -3.32, 29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.55, 29.83, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(39.15% -0.0117 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(39.15% 0.068 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4676, 6.0544, 1.5899)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4615 #151D4E

analogous

#4E2A15 #4E4615 #3A4E15

triadic

#4E4615 #154E46 #46154E

tetradic

#4E4615 #154E2A #151D4E #4E153A

square

#4E4615 #154E2A #151D4E #4E153A

split-complementary

#4E4615 #153A4E #2A154E

monochromatic

#181606 #1E1B08 #4E4615 #7E7122 #AE9D2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#4E4615 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E4615 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4615

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4615	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4615	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)

#4D440F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4718

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54413C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4615;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.068 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827955',
    500: '#4e4615',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4615;
$custom-light: #827955;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4615",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39154,
    "c": 0.06792,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4615

secondary

#394486

accent

#5DE147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4615

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

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