#4E4917#4E4917

#4E4917 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.069 H 103.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4917
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 23)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.51, -5.01, 29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.51, 30.09, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% -0.0163 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.069 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.6793, 6.4469, 1.7557)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4917 #171C4E

analogous

#4E2D17 #4E4917 #384E17

triadic

#4E4917 #174E49 #49174E

tetradic

#4E4917 #174E2D #171C4E #4E1738

square

#4E4917 #174E2D #171C4E #4E1738

split-complementary

#4E4917 #17384E #2D174E

monochromatic

#181607 #1F1D09 #4E4917 #7D7525 #ADA133

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#4E4917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E4917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4917

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4917	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52491A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.069 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827b57',
    500: '#4e4917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4917;
$custom-light: #827b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39925,
    "c": 0.06925,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4917

secondary

#3C4285

accent

#57DE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4917

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

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