#4E4C11#4E4C11

#4E4C11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.078 H 107.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C11
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 17)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.42, -7.21, 33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.42, 34.14, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(40.63% -0.0232 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(40.63% 0.078 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8277, 6.8293, 1.5414)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C11 #11134E

analogous

#4E2D11 #4E4C11 #314E11

triadic

#4E4C11 #114E4C #4C114E

tetradic

#4E4C11 #114E2D #11134E #4E1131

square

#4E4C11 #114E2D #11134E #4E1131

split-complementary

#4E4C11 #11314E #2D114E

monochromatic

#191805 #1C1B06 #4E4C11 #807D1C #B2AE27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#4E4C11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E4C11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C11

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C11	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534907

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.078 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d54',
    500: '#4e4c11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c11;
$custom-light: #827d54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40627,
    "c": 0.07752,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C11

secondary

#333687

accent

#46E741

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE8

border

#CAC9C4

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C11

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

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