#4E4717#4E4717

#4E4717 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.067 H 101.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4717
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 23)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.88, -3.79, 29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.88, 29.24, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(39.42% -0.0128 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(39.42% 0.067 101)
XYZ	xyz(5.5500, 6.1883, 1.7126)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4717 #171E4E

analogous

#4E2C17 #4E4717 #394E17

triadic

#4E4717 #174E47 #47174E

tetradic

#4E4717 #174E2C #171E4E #4E1739

square

#4E4717 #174E2C #171E4E #4E1739

split-complementary

#4E4717 #17394E #2C174E

monochromatic

#181607 #1F1C09 #4E4717 #7D7225 #AD9D33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4E4717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E4717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4717

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4717	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)

#4E4511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50481A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54423D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.067 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827a57',
    500: '#4e4717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4717;
$custom-light: #827a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39424,
    "c": 0.06712,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.06188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4717

secondary

#3C4585

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4717

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

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