#4E491E#4E491E

#4E491E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.062 H 102.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E491E
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 30)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 61.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.59, -4.43, 26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.59, 26.43, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.01% -0.0137 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(40.01% 0.062 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7590, 6.4787, 2.1752)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E491E #1E234E

analogous

#4E311E #4E491E #3B4E1E

triadic

#4E491E #1E4E49 #491E4E

tetradic

#4E491E #1E4E31 #1E234E #4E1E3B

square

#4E491E #1E4E31 #1E234E #4E1E3B

split-complementary

#4E491E #1E3B4E #311E4E

monochromatic

#161509 #22200D #4E491E #7A722F #A69C40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#4E491E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E491E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E491E

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E491E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E491E	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F471A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e491e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.062 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817b5b',
    500: '#4e491e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e491e;
$custom-light: #817b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e491e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40011,
    "c": 0.06224,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E491E

secondary

#454B83

accent

#61D454

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E491E

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

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