#4E4A1D#4E4A1D

#4E4A1D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.064 H 104.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4A1D
RGB	rgb(78, 74, 29)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 62.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.89, -5.13, 26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.89, 27.44, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.25% -0.0158 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(40.25% 0.064 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.8126, 6.6062, 2.1311)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4A1D #1D214E

analogous

#4E311D #4E4A1D #394E1D

triadic

#4E4A1D #1D4E4A #4A1D4E

tetradic

#4E4A1D #1D4E31 #1D214E #4E1D39

square

#4E4A1D #1D4E31 #1D214E #4E1D39

split-complementary

#4E4A1D #1D394E #311D4E

monochromatic

#161508 #21200C #4E4A1D #7B742E #A79F3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#4E4A1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4E4A1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4A1D

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4A1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4A1D	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)

#504718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4a1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 74, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.064 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817c5b',
    500: '#4e4a1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4a1d;
$custom-light: #817c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4a1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40248,
    "c": 0.06446,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4A1D

secondary

#444983

accent

#5DD552

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4A1D

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

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