#4E4714#4E4714

#4E4714 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.070 H 101.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4714
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 20)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 74.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.85, -4.00, 30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.85, 30.71, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(39.39% -0.0138 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(39.39% 0.07 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.5216, 6.1769, 1.5631)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4714 #141B4E

analogous

#4E2A14 #4E4714 #384E14

triadic

#4E4714 #144E47 #47144E

tetradic

#4E4714 #144E2A #141B4E #4E1438

square

#4E4714 #144E2A #141B4E #4E1438

split-complementary

#4E4714 #14384E #2A144E

monochromatic

#181606 #1D1B08 #4E4714 #7F7320 #AFA02D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E4714 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E4714 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4714

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4714	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4714	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E450D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504817

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54423D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4714;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.070 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827a55',
    500: '#4e4714',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4714;
$custom-light: #827a55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4714",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39393,
    "c": 0.06978,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4714

secondary

#384186

accent

#58E245

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4714

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

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