#4E4722#4E4722

#4E4722 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.055 H 98.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4722
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.01, -2.81, 23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.01, 23.29, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.57% -0.0085 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(39.57% 0.055 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.6840, 6.2419, 2.4185)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4722 #22294E

analogous

#4E3122 #4E4722 #3F4E22

triadic

#4E4722 #224E47 #47224E

tetradic

#4E4722 #224E31 #22294E #4E223F

square

#4E4722 #224E31 #22294E #4E223F

split-complementary

#4E4722 #223F4E #31224E

monochromatic

#151309 #23200F #4E4722 #796E35 #A39547

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4E4722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4E4722 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4722

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4722	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D451F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54423E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.055 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817a5e',
    500: '#4e4722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4722;
$custom-light: #817a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39572,
    "c": 0.05545,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4722

secondary

#4A5382

accent

#6BCF59

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4722

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

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