#4E490D#4E490D

#4E490D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.077 H 104.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E490D
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 13)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 83.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.43, -5.62, 34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.43, 34.53, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(39.84% -0.0192 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(39.84% 0.077 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.5973, 6.4141, 1.3239)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E490D #0D124E

analogous

#4E290D #4E490D #324E0D

triadic

#4E490D #0D4E49 #490D4E

tetradic

#4E490D #0D4E29 #0D124E #4E0D32

square

#4E490D #0D4E29 #0D124E #4E0D32

split-complementary

#4E490D #0D324E #290D4E

monochromatic

#1A1904 #1A1904 #4E490D #827A16 #B7AB1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#4E490D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E490D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E490D

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E490D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E490D	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)

#504602

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524912

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e490d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.077 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827b51',
    500: '#4e490d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e490d;
$custom-light: #827b51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e490d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39837,
    "c": 0.07701,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E490D

secondary

#2E3589

accent

#48EE3A

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E490D

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

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