#4E4A1C#4E4A1C

#4E4A1C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.066 H 104.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A1C
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 28)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 64.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.88, -5.22, 27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.88, 27.97, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.24% -0.0162 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(40.24% 0.066 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8005, 6.6013, 2.0670)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A1C #1C204E

analogous

#4E311C #4E4A1C #394E1C

triadic

#4E4A1C #1C4E4A #4A1C4E

tetradic

#4E4A1C #1C4E31 #1C204E #4E1C39

square

#4E4A1C #1C4E31 #1C204E #4E1C39

split-complementary

#4E4A1C #1C394E #311C4E

monochromatic

#171508 #211F0C #4E4A1C #7B752C #A89F3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#4E4A1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E4A1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A1C

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A1C	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)

#514717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.066 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817c5a',
    500: '#4e4a1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a1c;
$custom-light: #817c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40235,
    "c": 0.06551,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A1C

secondary

#424784

accent

#5CD751

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A1C

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

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