#4E4A16#4E4A16

#4E4A16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.071 H 104.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A16
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.82, -5.69, 30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.82, 31.01, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% -0.0183 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.071 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7357, 6.5754, 1.7259)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A16 #161A4E

analogous

#4E2E16 #4E4A16 #364E16

triadic

#4E4A16 #164E4A #4A164E

tetradic

#4E4A16 #164E2E #161A4E #4E1636

square

#4E4A16 #164E2E #161A4E #4E1636

split-complementary

#4E4A16 #16364E #2E164E

monochromatic

#181707 #1E1D09 #4E4A16 #7E7723 #ADA531

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#4E4A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E4A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A16

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A16	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51470F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54453F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.071 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827c56',
    500: '#4e4a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a16;
$custom-light: #827c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40166,
    "c": 0.07125,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A16

secondary

#3A4085

accent

#53DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A16

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

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