#4E4C1B#4E4C1B

#4E4C1B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.069 H 106.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C1B
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 27)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, -6.51, 28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 29.43, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.73% -0.02 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(40.73% 0.069 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.9243, 6.8679, 2.0503)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C1B #1B1D4E

analogous

#4E321B #4E4C1B #364E1B

triadic

#4E4C1B #1B4E4C #4C1B4E

tetradic

#4E4C1B #1B4E32 #1B1D4E #4E1B36

square

#4E4C1B #1B4E32 #1B1D4E #4E1B36

split-complementary

#4E4C1B #1B364E #321B4E

monochromatic

#171608 #21200B #4E4C1B #7B782B #A9A53A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#4E4C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4E4C1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C1B

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C1B	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.069 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817d5a',
    500: '#4e4c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c1b;
$custom-light: #817d5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.647,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40727,
    "c": 0.06888,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C1B

secondary

#414484

accent

#55D850

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C1B

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

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