#4E4B17#4E4B17

#4E4B17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.071 H 106.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B17
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 23)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, -6.22, 30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 30.97, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% -0.0197 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.071 106)
XYZ	xyz(5.8128, 6.7139, 1.8002)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B17 #171A4E

analogous

#4E2F17 #4E4B17 #364E17

triadic

#4E4B17 #174E4B #4B174E

tetradic

#4E4B17 #174E2F #171A4E #4E1736

square

#4E4B17 #174E2F #171A4E #4E1736

split-complementary

#4E4B17 #17364E #2F174E

monochromatic

#181707 #1F1E09 #4E4B17 #7D7825 #ADA633

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#4E4B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4E4B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B17

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B17	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524810

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.071 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d57',
    500: '#4e4b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b17;
$custom-light: #827d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40429,
    "c": 0.07149,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.06714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B17

secondary

#3C4085

accent

#52DE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B17

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

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