#4E4A1B#4E4A1B

#4E4A1B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.067 H 104.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A1B
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 27)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.87, -5.31, 28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.87, 28.50, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.22% -0.0166 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(40.22% 0.067 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.7887, 6.5966, 2.0050)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A1B #1B1F4E

analogous

#4E301B #4E4A1B #384E1B

triadic

#4E4A1B #1B4E4A #4A1B4E

tetradic

#4E4A1B #1B4E30 #1B1F4E #4E1B38

square

#4E4A1B #1B4E30 #1B1F4E #4E1B38

split-complementary

#4E4A1B #1B384E #301B4E

monochromatic

#171608 #211F0B #4E4A1B #7B752B #A9A03A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#4E4A1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E4A1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A1B

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A1B	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.067 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817c59',
    500: '#4e4a1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a1b;
$custom-light: #817c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40223,
    "c": 0.06653,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A1B

secondary

#414684

accent

#5AD850

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A1B

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

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