#4E4811#4E4811

#4E4811 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.073 H 103.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4811
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 17)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.15, -4.80, 32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.15, 32.48, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.62% -0.0164 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(39.62% 0.073 103)
XYZ	xyz(5.5607, 6.2951, 1.4524)
Luminance	0.0630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4811 #11174E

analogous

#4E2911 #4E4811 #354E11

triadic

#4E4811 #114E48 #48114E

tetradic

#4E4811 #114E29 #11174E #4E1135

square

#4E4811 #114E29 #11174E #4E1135

split-complementary

#4E4811 #11354E #29114E

monochromatic

#191705 #1C1A06 #4E4811 #80761C #B2A527

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#4E4811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E4811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4811

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4811	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54423D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.073 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827a53',
    500: '#4e4811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4811;
$custom-light: #827a53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39616,
    "c": 0.0732,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.06295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4811

secondary

#333C87

accent

#51E741

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4811

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

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