#4E4D17#4E4D17

#4E4D17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.074 H 108.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D17
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 23)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.78, -7.42, 31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.78, 31.88, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.94% -0.0231 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(40.94% 0.074 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9506, 6.9895, 1.8461)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D17 #17184E

analogous

#4E3217 #4E4D17 #344E17

triadic

#4E4D17 #174E4D #4D174E

tetradic

#4E4D17 #174E32 #17184E #4E1734

square

#4E4D17 #174E32 #17184E #4E1734

split-complementary

#4E4D17 #17344E #32174E

monochromatic

#181707 #1F1E09 #4E4D17 #7D7C25 #ADAA33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#4E4D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E4D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D17

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D17	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)

#544A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.074 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827e57',
    500: '#4e4d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d17;
$custom-light: #827e57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40936,
    "c": 0.07384,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D17

secondary

#3C3D85

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D17

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

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