#4E4B16#4E4B16

#4E4B16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.072 H 106.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B16
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 22)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, -6.30, 30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 31.45, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% -0.02 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.072 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8030, 6.7100, 1.7484)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B16 #16194E

analogous

#4E2F16 #4E4B16 #354E16

triadic

#4E4B16 #164E4B #4B164E

tetradic

#4E4B16 #164E2F #16194E #4E1635

square

#4E4B16 #164E2F #16194E #4E1635

split-complementary

#4E4B16 #16354E #2F164E

monochromatic

#181707 #1E1D09 #4E4B16 #7E7923 #ADA731

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#4E4B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E4B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B16

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B16	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)

#52480F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.072 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d56',
    500: '#4e4b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b16;
$custom-light: #827d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40419,
    "c": 0.07238,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B16

secondary

#3A3E85

accent

#51DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B16

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

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