#4E4D22#4E4D22

#4E4D22 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.063 H 107.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4D22
RGB	rgb(78, 77, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.90, -6.47, 25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.90, 26.17, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.07% -0.019 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(41.07% 0.063 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0846, 7.0431, 2.5520)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4D22 #22234E

analogous

#4E3722 #4E4D22 #394E22

triadic

#4E4D22 #224E4D #4D224E

tetradic

#4E4D22 #224E37 #22234E #4E2239

square

#4E4D22 #224E37 #22234E #4E2239

split-complementary

#4E4D22 #22394E #37224E

monochromatic

#151509 #23230F #4E4D22 #797735 #A3A147

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#4E4D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E4D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4D22

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4D22	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 77, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.063 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817e5e',
    500: '#4e4d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4d22;
$custom-light: #817e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41073,
    "c": 0.06263,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4D22

secondary

#4A4B82

accent

#5BCF59

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4D22

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

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