#4E4718#4E4718

#4E4718 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.066 H 100.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4718
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 24)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 69.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.89, -3.72, 28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.89, 28.74, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(39.44% -0.0124 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(39.44% 0.066 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.5602, 6.1924, 1.7663)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4718 #181F4E

analogous

#4E2C18 #4E4718 #3A4E18

triadic

#4E4718 #184E47 #47184E

tetradic

#4E4718 #184E2C #181F4E #4E183A

square

#4E4718 #184E2C #181F4E #4E183A

split-complementary

#4E4718 #183A4E #2C184E

monochromatic

#171507 #1F1C0A #4E4718 #7D7226 #AC9C35

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#4E4718 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4E4718 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4718

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4718	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4718	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50481B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54423D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4718;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.066 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827a57',
    500: '#4e4718',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4718;
$custom-light: #827a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4718",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39436,
    "c": 0.06618,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4718

secondary

#3D4685

accent

#5EDC4B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4718

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

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