#4E4916#4E4916

#4E4916 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.070 H 103.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4916
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 22)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, -5.08, 30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 30.58, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% -0.0166 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.07 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.6695, 6.4429, 1.7039)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4916 #161B4E

analogous

#4E2D16 #4E4916 #374E16

triadic

#4E4916 #164E49 #49164E

tetradic

#4E4916 #164E2D #161B4E #4E1637

square

#4E4916 #164E2D #161B4E #4E1637

split-complementary

#4E4916 #16374E #2D164E

monochromatic

#181607 #1E1C09 #4E4916 #7E7623 #ADA231

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4E4916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E4916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4916

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4916	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50460F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54443E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.070 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827b56',
    500: '#4e4916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4916;
$custom-light: #827b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39915,
    "c": 0.07015,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4916

secondary

#3A4185

accent

#56DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4916

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

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