#4E491C#4E491C

#4E491C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.064 H 103.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E491C
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 28)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, -4.61, 27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 27.51, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.98% -0.0145 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(39.98% 0.064 103)
XYZ	xyz(5.7342, 6.4688, 2.0449)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E491C #1C214E

analogous

#4E301C #4E491C #3A4E1C

triadic

#4E491C #1C4E49 #491C4E

tetradic

#4E491C #1C4E30 #1C214E #4E1C3A

square

#4E491C #1C4E30 #1C214E #4E1C3A

split-complementary

#4E491C #1C3A4E #301C4E

monochromatic

#171508 #211F0C #4E491C #7B732C #A89D3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#4E491C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E491C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E491C

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E491C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E491C	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)

#504717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51491E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e491c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.064 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817b5a',
    500: '#4e491c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e491c;
$custom-light: #817b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e491c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39984,
    "c": 0.06436,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.06469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E491C

secondary

#424984

accent

#5ED751

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E491C

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

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