#4E4B1A#4E4B1A

#4E4B1A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.069 H 105.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B1A
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 26)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.18, -5.99, 28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.18, 29.47, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% -0.0187 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.069 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8446, 6.7266, 1.9676)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B1A #1A1D4E

analogous

#4E311A #4E4B1A #374E1A

triadic

#4E4B1A #1A4E4B #4B1A4E

tetradic

#4E4B1A #1A4E31 #1A1D4E #4E1A37

square

#4E4B1A #1A4E31 #1A1D4E #4E1A37

split-complementary

#4E4B1A #1A374E #311A4E

monochromatic

#171608 #201F0B #4E4B1A #7C7729 #AAA339

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#4E4B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E4B1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B1A

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B1A	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.069 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817d59',
    500: '#4e4b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b1a;
$custom-light: #817d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40463,
    "c": 0.06868,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B1A

secondary

#404484

accent

#56DA4E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B1A

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

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