#4E4A12#4E4A12

#4E4A12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.075 H 105.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A12
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 18)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.79, -5.95, 32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.79, 32.86, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(40.13% -0.0196 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(40.13% 0.075 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7001, 6.5611, 1.5383)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A12 #12164E

analogous

#4E2C12 #4E4A12 #344E12

triadic

#4E4A12 #124E4A #4A124E

tetradic

#4E4A12 #124E2C #12164E #4E1234

square

#4E4A12 #124E2C #12164E #4E1234

split-complementary

#4E4A12 #12344E #2C124E

monochromatic

#191806 #1C1B07 #4E4A12 #80791D #B1A829

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#4E4A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E4A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A12

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A12	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)

#514709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54453F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.075 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827c54',
    500: '#4e4a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a12;
$custom-light: #827c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40129,
    "c": 0.07456,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A12

secondary

#353A87

accent

#4DE642

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE8

border

#CAC9C4

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A12

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

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