#4E4D14#4E4D14

#4E4D14 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.076 H 108.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D14
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 20)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 74.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, -7.63, 32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 33.27, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% -0.024 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.076 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9222, 6.9781, 1.6966)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D14 #14154E

analogous

#4E3014 #4E4D14 #324E14

triadic

#4E4D14 #144E4D #4D144E

tetradic

#4E4D14 #144E30 #14154E #4E1432

square

#4E4D14 #144E30 #14154E #4E1432

split-complementary

#4E4D14 #14324E #30144E

monochromatic

#181806 #1D1D08 #4E4D14 #7F7D20 #AFAD2D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#4E4D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E4D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D14

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D14	1.00	8.77	2.40	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.076 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827e55',
    500: '#4e4d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d14;
$custom-light: #827e55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40908,
    "c": 0.07637,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D14

secondary

#383986

accent

#48E245

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D14

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

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