#4E4822#4E4822

#4E4822 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.057 H 100.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4822
RGB	rgb(78, 72, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, -3.43, 23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 23.74, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.82% -0.0103 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(39.82% 0.057 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7482, 6.3701, 2.4398)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4822 #22284E

analogous

#4E3222 #4E4822 #3E4E22

triadic

#4E4822 #224E48 #48224E

tetradic

#4E4822 #224E32 #22284E #4E223E

square

#4E4822 #224E32 #22284E #4E223E

split-complementary

#4E4822 #223E4E #32224E

monochromatic

#151409 #23210F #4E4822 #796F35 #A39747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#4E4822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4E4822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4822

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4822	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E461F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54433F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 72, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.057 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817a5e',
    500: '#4e4822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4822;
$custom-light: #817a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3982,
    "c": 0.05655,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4822

secondary

#4A5282

accent

#69CF59

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4822

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

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