#4E4C17#4E4C17

#4E4C17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.073 H 107.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C17
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 23)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, -6.82, 30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 31.42, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% -0.0214 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.073 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8812, 6.8506, 1.8230)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C17 #17194E

analogous

#4E3117 #4E4C17 #354E17

triadic

#4E4C17 #174E4C #4C174E

tetradic

#4E4C17 #174E31 #17194E #4E1735

square

#4E4C17 #174E31 #17194E #4E1735

split-complementary

#4E4C17 #17354E #31174E

monochromatic

#181707 #1F1E09 #4E4C17 #7D7A25 #ADA833

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#4E4C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E4C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C17

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C17	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)

#534910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.073 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d57',
    500: '#4e4c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c17;
$custom-light: #827d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40683,
    "c": 0.07266,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C17

secondary

#3C3E85

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C17

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

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