#4E4B15#4E4B15

#4E4B15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.073 H 106.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B15
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 21)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 73.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.13, -6.36, 31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.13, 31.92, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(40.41% -0.0204 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(40.41% 0.073 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7935, 6.7062, 1.6986)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B15 #15184E

analogous

#4E2F15 #4E4B15 #354E15

triadic

#4E4B15 #154E4B #4B154E

tetradic

#4E4B15 #154E2F #15184E #4E1535

square

#4E4B15 #154E2F #15184E #4E1535

split-complementary

#4E4B15 #15354E #2F154E

monochromatic

#181706 #1E1D08 #4E4B15 #7E7922 #AEA82F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#4E4B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E4B15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B15

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B15	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52480E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.073 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d56',
    500: '#4e4b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b15;
$custom-light: #827d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40409,
    "c": 0.07324,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B15

secondary

#393D86

accent

#4FE147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B15

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

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