#4E4618#4E4618

#4E4618 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.065 H 99.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4618
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 24)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 69.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.58, -3.10, 28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.58, 28.33, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.19% -0.0107 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(39.19% 0.065 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4971, 6.0662, 1.7453)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4618 #18204E

analogous

#4E2B18 #4E4618 #3B4E18

triadic

#4E4618 #184E46 #46184E

tetradic

#4E4618 #184E2B #18204E #4E183B

square

#4E4618 #184E2B #18204E #4E183B

split-complementary

#4E4618 #183B4E #2B184E

monochromatic

#171507 #1F1C0A #4E4618 #7D7026 #AC9A35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#4E4618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4E4618 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4618

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4618	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)

#4D4413

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F471A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54413C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.065 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827957',
    500: '#4e4618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4618;
$custom-light: #827957;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39187,
    "c": 0.06516,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4618

secondary

#3D4885

accent

#61DC4B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4618

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

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