#4E4A11#4E4A11

#4E4A11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.075 H 105.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A11
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 17)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, -6.01, 32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 33.30, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.12% -0.0199 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(40.12% 0.075 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6921, 6.5579, 1.4962)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A11 #11154E

analogous

#4E2B11 #4E4A11 #334E11

triadic

#4E4A11 #114E4A #4A114E

tetradic

#4E4A11 #114E2B #11154E #4E1133

square

#4E4A11 #114E2B #11154E #4E1133

split-complementary

#4E4A11 #11334E #2B114E

monochromatic

#191805 #1C1A06 #4E4A11 #807A1C #B2A927

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#4E4A11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E4A11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A11

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A11	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.075 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827c53',
    500: '#4e4a11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a11;
$custom-light: #827c53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4012,
    "c": 0.07531,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A11

secondary

#333987

accent

#4CE741

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE7

border

#CAC9C3

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A11

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

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