#4E4C16#4E4C16

#4E4C16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.074 H 107.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C16
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 22)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, -6.90, 31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 31.90, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% -0.0217 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.074 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.8714, 6.8467, 1.7712)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C16 #16184E

analogous

#4E3016 #4E4C16 #344E16

triadic

#4E4C16 #164E4C #4C164E

tetradic

#4E4C16 #164E30 #16184E #4E1634

square

#4E4C16 #164E30 #16184E #4E1634

split-complementary

#4E4C16 #16344E #30164E

monochromatic

#181707 #1E1D09 #4E4C16 #7E7B23 #ADA931

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#4E4C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E4C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C16

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C16	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53490F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.074 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d57',
    500: '#4e4c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c16;
$custom-light: #827d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40672,
    "c": 0.07353,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C16

secondary

#3A3D85

accent

#4EDF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C16

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

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