#4E4A15#4E4A15

#4E4A15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.072 H 105.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A15
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 21)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 73.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, -5.76, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 31.49, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% -0.0187 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.072 105)
XYZ	xyz(5.7262, 6.5716, 1.6761)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A15 #15194E

analogous

#4E2E15 #4E4A15 #364E15

triadic

#4E4A15 #154E4A #4A154E

tetradic

#4E4A15 #154E2E #15194E #4E1536

square

#4E4A15 #154E2E #15194E #4E1536

split-complementary

#4E4A15 #15364E #2E154E

monochromatic

#181706 #1E1C08 #4E4A15 #7E7822 #AEA52F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#4E4A15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E4A15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A15

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A15	1.00	9.07	2.31	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51470E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54453F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.072 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827c56',
    500: '#4e4a15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a15;
$custom-light: #827c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40156,
    "c": 0.07212,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.06571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A15

secondary

#393E86

accent

#52E147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A15

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

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