#4E4622#4E4622

#4E4622 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.054 H 97.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4622
RGB	rgb(78, 70, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.70, -2.19, 22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.70, 22.85, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% -0.0067 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.054 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6210, 6.1157, 2.3974)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4622 #222A4E

analogous

#4E3022 #4E4622 #404E22

triadic

#4E4622 #224E46 #46224E

tetradic

#4E4622 #224E30 #222A4E #4E2240

square

#4E4622 #224E30 #222A4E #4E2240

split-complementary

#4E4622 #22404E #30224E

monochromatic

#151309 #23200F #4E4622 #796C35 #A39347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#4E4622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E4622 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4622

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4622	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C441F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54413E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 70, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.054 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81795e',
    500: '#4e4622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4622;
$custom-light: #81795e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39325,
    "c": 0.05439,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4622

secondary

#4A5482

accent

#6ECF59

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4622

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

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