#4E4A14#4E4A14

#4E4A14 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.073 H 105.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A14
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 20)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 74.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.80, -5.83, 31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.80, 31.96, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(40.15% -0.019 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(40.15% 0.073 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7172, 6.5680, 1.6283)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A14 #14184E

analogous

#4E2D14 #4E4A14 #354E14

triadic

#4E4A14 #144E4A #4A144E

tetradic

#4E4A14 #144E2D #14184E #4E1435

square

#4E4A14 #144E2D #14184E #4E1435

split-complementary

#4E4A14 #14354E #2D144E

monochromatic

#181706 #1D1C08 #4E4A14 #7F7820 #AFA62D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#4E4A14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E4A14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A14

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A14	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)

#51470C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54453F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.073 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827c55',
    500: '#4e4a14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a14;
$custom-light: #827c55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40147,
    "c": 0.07296,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A14

secondary

#383D86

accent

#50E245

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A14

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

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