#4E4D18#4E4D18

#4E4D18 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.073 H 108.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D18
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 24)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 69.2%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.79, -7.35, 30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.79, 31.40, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% -0.0228 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.073 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9608, 6.9936, 1.8999)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D18 #18194E

analogous

#4E3218 #4E4D18 #344E18

triadic

#4E4D18 #184E4D #4D184E

tetradic

#4E4D18 #184E32 #18194E #4E1834

square

#4E4D18 #184E32 #18194E #4E1834

split-complementary

#4E4D18 #18344E #32184E

monochromatic

#171707 #1F1F0A #4E4D18 #7D7B26 #ACA935

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#4E4D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4E4D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D18

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D18	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)

#544A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.073 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817e58',
    500: '#4e4d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d18;
$custom-light: #817e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40947,
    "c": 0.07295,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D18

secondary

#3D3E85

accent

#4EDC4B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D18

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

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