#4E4C15#4E4C15

#4E4C15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.074 H 107.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C15
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 21)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 73.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, -6.96, 31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 32.37, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% -0.0221 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.074 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8619, 6.8429, 1.7214)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C15 #15174E

analogous

#4E3015 #4E4C15 #344E15

triadic

#4E4C15 #154E4C #4C154E

tetradic

#4E4C15 #154E30 #15174E #4E1534

square

#4E4C15 #154E30 #15174E #4E1534

split-complementary

#4E4C15 #15344E #30154E

monochromatic

#181706 #1E1D08 #4E4C15 #7E7B22 #AEAA2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#4E4C15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E4C15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C15

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C15	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)

#53490D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.074 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d56',
    500: '#4e4c15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c15;
$custom-light: #827d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.895,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40663,
    "c": 0.07439,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C15

secondary

#393C86

accent

#4CE147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C15

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

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