#4E4B11#4E4B11

#4E4B11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.076 H 106.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B11
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 17)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, -6.61, 33.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 33.71, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% -0.0216 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.076 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.7594, 6.6925, 1.5186)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B11 #11144E

analogous

#4E2C11 #4E4B11 #324E11

triadic

#4E4B11 #114E4B #4B114E

tetradic

#4E4B11 #114E2C #11144E #4E1132

square

#4E4B11 #114E2C #11144E #4E1132

split-complementary

#4E4B11 #11324E #2C114E

monochromatic

#191805 #1C1B06 #4E4B11 #807B1C #B2AC27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#4E4B11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E4B11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B11

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B11	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524807

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544540

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.076 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d54',
    500: '#4e4b11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b11;
$custom-light: #827d54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40373,
    "c": 0.0764,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B11

secondary

#333887

accent

#49E741

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE8

border

#CAC9C4

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B11

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

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