#4E4A18#4E4A18

#4E4A18 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.069 H 104.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A18
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 24)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 69.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.84, -5.55, 29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.84, 30.03, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% -0.0177 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.069 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7557, 6.5834, 1.8315)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A18 #181C4E

analogous

#4E2F18 #4E4A18 #374E18

triadic

#4E4A18 #184E4A #4A184E

tetradic

#4E4A18 #184E2F #181C4E #4E1837

square

#4E4A18 #184E2F #181C4E #4E1837

split-complementary

#4E4A18 #18374E #2F184E

monochromatic

#171607 #1F1E0A #4E4A18 #7D7626 #ACA335

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#4E4A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E4A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A18

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A18	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)

#514712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54453F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.069 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817c58',
    500: '#4e4a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a18;
$custom-light: #817c58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40188,
    "c": 0.06944,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A18

secondary

#3D4285

accent

#56DC4B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A18

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

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