#4E490B#4E490B

#4E490B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.078 H 104.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E490B
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 11)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(56, 86%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 85.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.42, -5.71, 34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.42, 35.27, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(39.82% -0.0197 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(39.82% 0.078 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.5851, 6.4092, 1.2594)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E490B #0B104E

analogous

#4E270B #4E490B #324E0B

triadic

#4E490B #0B4E49 #490B4E

tetradic

#4E490B #0B4E27 #0B104E #4E0B32

square

#4E490B #0B4E27 #0B104E #4E0B32

split-complementary

#4E490B #0B324E #270B4E

monochromatic

#1B1904 #1B1904 #4E490B #847B13 #B9AD1A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#4E490B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E490B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E490B

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E490B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E490B	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524910

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e490b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.078 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827b50',
    500: '#4e490b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e490b;
$custom-light: #827b50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e490b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39824,
    "c": 0.07822,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E490B

secondary

#2B328A

accent

#44F236

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E490B

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

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