#4E4816#4E4816

#4E4816 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.069 H 102.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4816
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 22)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.19, -4.48, 29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.19, 30.16, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(39.66% -0.0149 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(39.66% 0.069 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6043, 6.3126, 1.6821)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4816 #161C4E

analogous

#4E2C16 #4E4816 #384E16

triadic

#4E4816 #164E48 #48164E

tetradic

#4E4816 #164E2C #161C4E #4E1638

square

#4E4816 #164E2C #161C4E #4E1638

split-complementary

#4E4816 #16384E #2C164E

monochromatic

#181607 #1E1C09 #4E4816 #7E7423 #ADA031

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#4E4816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E4816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4816

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4816	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.069 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827a56',
    500: '#4e4816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4816;
$custom-light: #827a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39664,
    "c": 0.06907,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4816

secondary

#3A4285

accent

#59DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4816

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

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