#4E4C22#4E4C22

#4E4C22 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.061 H 106.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4C22
RGB	rgb(78, 76, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, -5.87, 24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 25.66, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% -0.0173 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.061 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0152, 6.9042, 2.5289)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4C22 #22244E

analogous

#4E3622 #4E4C22 #3A4E22

triadic

#4E4C22 #224E4C #4C224E

tetradic

#4E4C22 #224E36 #22244E #4E223A

square

#4E4C22 #224E36 #22244E #4E223A

split-complementary

#4E4C22 #223A4E #36224E

monochromatic

#151509 #23220F #4E4C22 #797635 #A39F47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#4E4C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E4C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4C22

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4C22	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52491E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 76, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.061 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817d5e',
    500: '#4e4c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4c22;
$custom-light: #817d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40821,
    "c": 0.06135,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4C22

secondary

#4A4C82

accent

#5ECF59

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4C22

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