#4E481A#4E481A

#4E481A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.065 H 101.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E481A
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 26)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.23, -4.17, 27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.23, 28.13, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(39.71% -0.0135 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(39.71% 0.065 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6459, 6.3292, 1.9013)
Luminance	0.0633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E481A #1A204E

analogous

#4E2E1A #4E481A #3A4E1A

triadic

#4E481A #1A4E48 #481A4E

tetradic

#4E481A #1A4E2E #1A204E #4E1A3A

square

#4E481A #1A4E2E #1A204E #4E1A3A

split-complementary

#4E481A #1A3A4E #2E1A4E

monochromatic

#171508 #201E0B #4E481A #7C7229 #AA9D39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#4E481A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E481A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E481A

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E481A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E481A	1.00	9.27	2.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51481C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e481a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.065 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817a59',
    500: '#4e481a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e481a;
$custom-light: #817a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e481a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39709,
    "c": 0.0653,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E481A

secondary

#404884

accent

#5EDA4E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E481A

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

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