#4E4E16#4E4E16

#4E4E16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.076 H 109.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E16
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, -8.09, 31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 32.82, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(41.18% -0.0251 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(41.18% 0.076 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0113, 7.1266, 1.8178)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E16 #16164E

analogous

#4E3216 #4E4E16 #324E16

triadic

#4E4E16 #164E4E #4E164E

tetradic

#4E4E16 #164E32 #16164E #4E1632

square

#4E4E16 #164E32 #16164E #4E1632

split-complementary

#4E4E16 #16324E #32164E

monochromatic

#181807 #1E1E09 #4E4E16 #7E7E23 #ADAD31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#4E4E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E4E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E16

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E16	1.00	8.66	2.43	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.076 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827f57',
    500: '#4e4e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e16;
$custom-light: #827f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41181,
    "c": 0.0759,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E16

secondary

#3A3A85

accent

#49DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E16

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

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