#4E4A0D#4E4A0D

#4E4A0D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.078 H 105.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A0D
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 13)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 83.3%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.75, -6.22, 34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.75, 34.92, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(40.09% -0.0209 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(40.09% 0.078 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.6636, 6.5465, 1.3460)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A0D #0D114E

analogous

#4E290D #4E4A0D #314E0D

triadic

#4E4A0D #0D4E4A #4A0D4E

tetradic

#4E4A0D #0D4E29 #0D114E #4E0D31

square

#4E4A0D #0D4E29 #0D114E #4E0D31

split-complementary

#4E4A0D #0D314E #290D4E

monochromatic

#1A1904 #1A1904 #4E4A0D #827C16 #B7AE1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#4E4A0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E4A0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A0D

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A0D	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514702

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54443E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.078 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827c51',
    500: '#4e4a0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a0d;
$custom-light: #827c51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4009,
    "c": 0.07805,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A0D

secondary

#2E3389

accent

#45EE3A

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE7

border

#CAC9C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A0D

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

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