#4E4712#4E4712

#4E4712 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.071 H 101.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4712
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 18)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, -4.13, 31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 31.64, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.37% -0.0144 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(39.37% 0.071 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.5045, 6.1701, 1.4731)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4712 #12194E

analogous

#4E2912 #4E4712 #374E12

triadic

#4E4712 #124E47 #47124E

tetradic

#4E4712 #124E29 #12194E #4E1237

square

#4E4712 #124E29 #12194E #4E1237

split-complementary

#4E4712 #12374E #29124E

monochromatic

#191706 #1C1A07 #4E4712 #80741D #B1A229

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4E4712 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4E4712 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4712

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4712	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4712	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E450A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54413C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4712;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.071 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827954',
    500: '#4e4712',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4712;
$custom-light: #827954;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4712",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39374,
    "c": 0.07142,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4712

secondary

#353E87

accent

#55E642

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4712

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

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