#4E491A#4E491A

#4E491A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.066 H 103.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E491A
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 26)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, -4.78, 28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 28.57, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.96% -0.0152 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(39.96% 0.066 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.7111, 6.4596, 1.9231)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E491A #1A1F4E

analogous

#4E2F1A #4E491A #394E1A

triadic

#4E491A #1A4E49 #491A4E

tetradic

#4E491A #1A4E2F #1A1F4E #4E1A39

square

#4E491A #1A4E2F #1A1F4E #4E1A39

split-complementary

#4E491A #1A394E #2F1A4E

monochromatic

#171508 #201E0B #4E491A #7C7429 #AA9F39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#4E491A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E491A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E491A

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E491A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E491A	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51491D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e491a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.066 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817b59',
    500: '#4e491a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e491a;
$custom-light: #817b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e491a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39959,
    "c": 0.06639,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E491A

secondary

#404684

accent

#5CDA4E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E491A

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

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