#4E480C#4E480C

#4E480C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.077 H 103.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E480C
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 12)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(55, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 84.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.11, -5.06, 34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.11, 34.53, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(39.58% -0.0177 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(39.58% 0.077 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.5259, 6.2812, 1.2691)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E480C #0C124E

analogous

#4E270C #4E480C #334E0C

triadic

#4E480C #0C4E48 #480C4E

tetradic

#4E480C #0C4E27 #0C124E #4E0C33

square

#4E480C #0C4E27 #0C124E #4E0C33

split-complementary

#4E480C #0C334E #270C4E

monochromatic

#1B1804 #1B1804 #4E480C #837914 #B8AA1C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#4E480C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E480C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E480C

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E480C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E480C	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514811

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55423D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e480c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.077 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827a51',
    500: '#4e480c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e480c;
$custom-light: #827a51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e480c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39578,
    "c": 0.07662,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E480C

secondary

#2C358A

accent

#49F038

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E480C

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

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