#4E4D11#4E4D11

#4E4D11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.079 H 108.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D11
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 17)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 78.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, -7.81, 33.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 34.57, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% -0.0249 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.079 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8972, 6.9681, 1.5645)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D11 #11124E

analogous

#4E2E11 #4E4D11 #304E11

triadic

#4E4D11 #114E4D #4D114E

tetradic

#4E4D11 #114E2E #11124E #4E1130

square

#4E4D11 #114E2E #11124E #4E1130

split-complementary

#4E4D11 #11304E #2E114E

monochromatic

#191905 #1C1B06 #4E4D11 #807F1C #B2B027

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#4E4D11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E4D11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D11

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D11	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.079 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827e54',
    500: '#4e4d11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d11;
$custom-light: #827e54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40882,
    "c": 0.07866,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D11

secondary

#333587

accent

#43E741

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE8

border

#CAC9C4

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D11

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

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