#4E4720#4E4720

#4E4720 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.058 H 99.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4720
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 32)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.99, -3.01, 24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.99, 24.42, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(39.54% -0.0093 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(39.54% 0.058 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6560, 6.2307, 2.2709)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4720 #20274E

analogous

#4E3020 #4E4720 #3E4E20

triadic

#4E4720 #204E47 #47204E

tetradic

#4E4720 #204E30 #20274E #4E203E

square

#4E4720 #204E30 #20274E #4E203E

split-complementary

#4E4720 #203E4E #30204E

monochromatic

#161409 #231F0E #4E4720 #796F32 #A59644

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#4E4720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E4720 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4720

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4720	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D451C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54423E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.058 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817a5d',
    500: '#4e4720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4720;
$custom-light: #817a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39541,
    "c": 0.05777,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4720

secondary

#475082

accent

#69D256

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4720

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

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