#4E4D09#4E4D09

#4E4D09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.084 H 108.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D09
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 9)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(59, 88%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 88.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.69, -8.19, 36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.69, 37.51, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.83% -0.0268 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(40.83% 0.084 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.8453, 6.9474, 1.2915)
Luminance	0.0695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D09 #090A4E

analogous

#4E2A09 #4E4D09 #2D4E09

triadic

#4E4D09 #094E4D #4D094E

tetradic

#4E4D09 #094E2A #090A4E #4E092D

square

#4E4D09 #094E2A #090A4E #4E092D

split-complementary

#4E4D09 #092D4E #2A094E

monochromatic

#1B1B03 #1B1B03 #4E4D09 #85830F #BCB916

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#4E4D09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E4D09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D09

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D09	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.084 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827e50',
    500: '#4e4d09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d09;
$custom-light: #827e50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40829,
    "c": 0.08355,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D09

secondary

#28298B

accent

#35F632

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE7

border

#CAC9C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D09

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

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