#4E4D12#4E4D12

#4E4D12 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.078 H 108.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D12
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 18)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 76.9%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.74, -7.75, 33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.74, 34.15, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% -0.0246 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.078 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9052, 6.9713, 1.6067)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D12 #12134E

analogous

#4E2F12 #4E4D12 #314E12

triadic

#4E4D12 #124E4D #4D124E

tetradic

#4E4D12 #124E2F #12134E #4E1231

square

#4E4D12 #124E2F #12134E #4E1231

split-complementary

#4E4D12 #12314E #2F124E

monochromatic

#191906 #1C1C07 #4E4D12 #807E1D #B1AF29

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#4E4D12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4E4D12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D12

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D12	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)

#544A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.078 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827e54',
    500: '#4e4d12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d12;
$custom-light: #827e54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4089,
    "c": 0.07792,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D12

secondary

#353687

accent

#45E642

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D12

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

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