#4E481D#4E481D

#4E481D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.062 H 101.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E481D
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 29)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 62.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.26, -3.91, 26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.26, 26.53, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(39.75% -0.0123 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(39.75% 0.062 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.6812, 6.3434, 2.0873)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E481D #1D234E

analogous

#4E2F1D #4E481D #3B4E1D

triadic

#4E481D #1D4E48 #481D4E

tetradic

#4E481D #1D4E2F #1D234E #4E1D3B

square

#4E481D #1D4E2F #1D234E #4E1D3B

split-complementary

#4E481D #1D3B4E #2F1D4E

monochromatic

#161508 #211F0C #4E481D #7B712E #A79A3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#4E481D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E481D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E481D

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E481D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E481D	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50481F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e481d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.062 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817a5b',
    500: '#4e481d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e481d;
$custom-light: #817a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e481d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39747,
    "c": 0.06219,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E481D

secondary

#444B83

accent

#62D552

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E481D

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

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