#4E4911#4E4911

#4E4911 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.074 H 104.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4911
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 17)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.46, -5.41, 32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.46, 32.89, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(39.87% -0.0182 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(39.87% 0.074 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.6258, 6.4255, 1.4741)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4911 #11164E

analogous

#4E2A11 #4E4911 #344E11

triadic

#4E4911 #114E49 #49114E

tetradic

#4E4911 #114E2A #11164E #4E1134

square

#4E4911 #114E2A #11164E #4E1134

split-complementary

#4E4911 #11344E #2A114E

monochromatic

#191805 #1C1A06 #4E4911 #80781C #B2A727

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#4E4911 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E4911 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4911

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4911	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4911	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4911;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.074 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827b53',
    500: '#4e4911',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4911;
$custom-light: #827b53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4911",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39868,
    "c": 0.07425,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4911

secondary

#333A87

accent

#4EE741

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4911

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

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