#4E4B1D#4E4B1D

#4E4B1D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.066 H 105.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4B1D
RGB	rgb(78, 75, 29)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 62.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.21, -5.74, 27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.21, 27.91, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% -0.0176 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.066 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8799, 6.7408, 2.1535)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4B1D #1D204E

analogous

#4E321D #4E4B1D #384E1D

triadic

#4E4B1D #1D4E4B #4B1D4E

tetradic

#4E4B1D #1D4E32 #1D204E #4E1D38

square

#4E4B1D #1D4E32 #1D204E #4E1D38

split-complementary

#4E4B1D #1D384E #321D4E

monochromatic

#161508 #21200C #4E4B1D #7B762E #A7A13E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#4E4B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#4E4B1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4B1D

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4B1D	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544641

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 75, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.066 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817d5b',
    500: '#4e4b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4b1d;
$custom-light: #817d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40499,
    "c": 0.06564,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4B1D

secondary

#444783

accent

#5AD552

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4B1D

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

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