#4E4E17#4E4E17

#4E4E17 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.075 H 109.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E17
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.10, -8.02, 31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.10, 32.35, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(41.19% -0.0248 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(41.19% 0.075 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0211, 7.1305, 1.8696)
Luminance	0.0713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E17 #17174E

analogous

#4E3317 #4E4E17 #334E17

triadic

#4E4E17 #174E4E #4E174E

tetradic

#4E4E17 #174E33 #17174E #4E1733

square

#4E4E17 #174E33 #17174E #4E1733

split-complementary

#4E4E17 #17334E #33174E

monochromatic

#181807 #1F1F09 #4E4E17 #7D7D25 #ADAD33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#4E4E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E4E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E17

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E17	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)

#554B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.075 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827f57',
    500: '#4e4e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e17;
$custom-light: #827f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41191,
    "c": 0.07505,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E17

secondary

#3C3C85

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E17

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

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