#4E4710#4E4710

#4E4710 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.073 H 101.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4710
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 16)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 79.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, -4.24, 32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 32.53, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.36% -0.015 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(39.36% 0.073 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4889, 6.1638, 1.3907)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4710 #10174E

analogous

#4E2810 #4E4710 #364E10

triadic

#4E4710 #104E47 #47104E

tetradic

#4E4710 #104E28 #10174E #4E1036

square

#4E4710 #104E28 #10174E #4E1036

split-complementary

#4E4710 #10364E #28104E

monochromatic

#191705 #1B1906 #4E4710 #81751A #B4A325

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#4E4710 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E4710 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4710

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4710	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4710	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504814

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55413C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4710;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.073 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827953',
    500: '#4e4710',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4710;
$custom-light: #827953;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4710",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39357,
    "c": 0.07294,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4710

secondary

#323C88

accent

#52E93F

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4710

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

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