#4E4C12#4E4C12

#4E4C12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.077 H 107.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C12
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 18)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.42, -7.16, 32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.42, 33.71, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% -0.023 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.077 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8357, 6.8325, 1.5835)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C12 #12144E

analogous

#4E2E12 #4E4C12 #324E12

triadic

#4E4C12 #124E4C #4C124E

tetradic

#4E4C12 #124E2E #12144E #4E1232

square

#4E4C12 #124E2E #12144E #4E1232

split-complementary

#4E4C12 #12324E #2E124E

monochromatic

#191806 #1C1C07 #4E4C12 #807C1D #B1AD29

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#4E4C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E4C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C12

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C12	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.077 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d54',
    500: '#4e4c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c12;
$custom-light: #827d54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40636,
    "c": 0.07677,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C12

secondary

#353887

accent

#48E642

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C12

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

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