#4E4617#4E4617

#4E4617 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.066 H 99.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4617
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 23)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.57, -3.18, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.57, 28.84, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% -0.0111 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.066 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4869, 6.0621, 1.6915)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4617 #171F4E

analogous

#4E2B17 #4E4617 #3A4E17

triadic

#4E4617 #174E46 #46174E

tetradic

#4E4617 #174E2B #171F4E #4E173A

square

#4E4617 #174E2B #171F4E #4E173A

split-complementary

#4E4617 #173A4E #2B174E

monochromatic

#181507 #1F1C09 #4E4617 #7D7025 #AD9B33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#4E4617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E4617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4617

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4617	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F471A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54413C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.066 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827956',
    500: '#4e4617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4617;
$custom-light: #827956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39175,
    "c": 0.06611,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4617

secondary

#3C4685

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4617

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

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