#4E4D15#4E4D15

#4E4D15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.076 H 108.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D15
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 21)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 73.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.77, -7.56, 31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.77, 32.82, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% -0.0237 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.076 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9313, 6.9818, 1.7445)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D15 #15164E

analogous

#4E3115 #4E4D15 #334E15

triadic

#4E4D15 #154E4D #4D154E

tetradic

#4E4D15 #154E31 #15164E #4E1533

square

#4E4D15 #154E31 #15164E #4E1533

split-complementary

#4E4D15 #15334E #31154E

monochromatic

#181806 #1E1D08 #4E4D15 #7E7D22 #AEAC2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#4E4D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E4D15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D15

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D15	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.076 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827e56',
    500: '#4e4d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d15;
$custom-light: #827e56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40917,
    "c": 0.07555,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D15

secondary

#393A86

accent

#4AE147

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D15

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

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