#4E4817#4E4817

#4E4817 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.068 H 102.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4817
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.20, -4.40, 29.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.20, 29.66, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(39.67% -0.0145 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(39.67% 0.068 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6141, 6.3165, 1.7339)
Luminance	0.0632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4817 #171D4E

analogous

#4E2D17 #4E4817 #384E17

triadic

#4E4817 #174E48 #48174E

tetradic

#4E4817 #174E2D #171D4E #4E1738

square

#4E4817 #174E2D #171D4E #4E1738

split-complementary

#4E4817 #17384E #2D174E

monochromatic

#181607 #1F1C09 #4E4817 #7D7425 #AD9F33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#4E4817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4E4817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4817

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4817	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)

#4F4611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51481A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.068 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827a57',
    500: '#4e4817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4817;
$custom-light: #827a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39674,
    "c": 0.06817,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4817

secondary

#3C4485

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4817

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

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