#4E490F#4E490F

#4E490F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.076 H 104.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E490F
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 15)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 80.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.45, -5.52, 33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.45, 33.73, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.85% -0.0187 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(39.85% 0.076 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6109, 6.4195, 1.3954)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E490F #0F144E

analogous

#4E290F #4E490F #334E0F

triadic

#4E490F #0F4E49 #490F4E

tetradic

#4E490F #0F4E29 #0F144E #4E0F33

square

#4E490F #0F4E29 #0F144E #4E0F33

split-complementary

#4E490F #0F334E #290F4E

monochromatic

#1A1805 #1B1905 #4E490F #817919 #B5A923

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#4E490F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4E490F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E490F

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E490F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E490F	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)

#504605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524913

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e490f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.076 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827b52',
    500: '#4e490f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e490f;
$custom-light: #827b52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e490f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39852,
    "c": 0.07569,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E490F

secondary

#313888

accent

#4BEB3D

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E490F

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

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