#4E491F#4E491F

#4E491F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.061 H 102.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E491F
RGB	rgb(78, 73, 31)
HSL	hsl(54, 43%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 60.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, -4.34, 25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 25.88, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% -0.0133 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.061 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7719, 6.4839, 2.2435)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E491F #1F244E

analogous

#4E321F #4E491F #3C4E1F

triadic

#4E491F #1F4E49 #491F4E

tetradic

#4E491F #1F4E32 #1F244E #4E1F3C

square

#4E491F #1F4E32 #1F244E #4E1F3C

split-complementary

#4E491F #1F3C4E #321F4E

monochromatic

#161409 #22200E #4E491F #7A7230 #A69B42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#4E491F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4E491F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E491F

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E491F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E491F	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F471B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544440

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e491f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 73, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.061 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817b5c',
    500: '#4e491f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e491f;
$custom-light: #817b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e491f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.617,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40024,
    "c": 0.06113,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E491F

secondary

#464D83

accent

#62D355

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E491F

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

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