#4E4912#4E4912

#4E4912 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.073 H 104.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4912
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 18)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, -5.35, 32.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 32.45, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.88% -0.0179 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(39.88% 0.073 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6338, 6.4287, 1.5162)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4912 #12174E

analogous

#4E2B12 #4E4912 #354E12

triadic

#4E4912 #124E49 #49124E

tetradic

#4E4912 #124E2B #12174E #4E1235

square

#4E4912 #124E2B #12174E #4E1235

split-complementary

#4E4912 #12354E #2B124E

monochromatic

#191706 #1C1A07 #4E4912 #80781D #B1A629

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#4E4912 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E4912 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4912

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4912	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4912	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)

#504609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524916

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4912;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.073 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827b54',
    500: '#4e4912',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4912;
$custom-light: #827b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4912",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39876,
    "c": 0.07348,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4912

secondary

#353C87

accent

#50E642

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE8

border

#CAC8C4

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4912

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

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