#4E491B#4E491B

#4E491B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.065 H 103.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E491B
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 27)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, -4.70, 27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 28.04, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(39.97% -0.0148 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(39.97% 0.065 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7225, 6.4641, 1.9830)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E491B #1B204E

analogous

#4E2F1B #4E491B #394E1B

triadic

#4E491B #1B4E49 #491B4E

tetradic

#4E491B #1B4E2F #1B204E #4E1B39

square

#4E491B #1B4E2F #1B204E #4E1B39

split-complementary

#4E491B #1B394E #2F1B4E

monochromatic

#171508 #211E0B #4E491B #7B742B #A99E3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#4E491B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E491B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E491B

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E491B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E491B	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)

#504716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51491D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e491b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.065 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817b59',
    500: '#4e491b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e491b;
$custom-light: #817b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e491b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39971,
    "c": 0.06539,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E491B

secondary

#414884

accent

#5DD850

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E491B

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

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