#4E4715#4E4715

#4E4715 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.069 H 101.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4715
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 21)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 73.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.86, -3.93, 29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.86, 30.23, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% -0.0135 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.069 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5307, 6.1806, 1.6110)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4715 #151C4E

analogous

#4E2B15 #4E4715 #394E15

triadic

#4E4715 #154E47 #47154E

tetradic

#4E4715 #154E2B #151C4E #4E1539

square

#4E4715 #154E2B #151C4E #4E1539

split-complementary

#4E4715 #15394E #2B154E

monochromatic

#181606 #1E1B08 #4E4715 #7E7322 #AE9F2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E4715 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E4715 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4715

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4715	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4715	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)

#4E450E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504818

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54423D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4715;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.069 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827a55',
    500: '#4e4715',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4715;
$custom-light: #827a55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4715",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39403,
    "c": 0.06892,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4715

secondary

#394286

accent

#5AE147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4715

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

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