#4E4E1A#4E4E1A

#4E4E1A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.072 H 109.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E1A
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 26)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.13, -7.79, 29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.13, 30.89, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(41.22% -0.0238 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(41.22% 0.072 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0529, 7.1432, 2.0370)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E1A #1A1A4E

analogous

#4E341A #4E4E1A #344E1A

triadic

#4E4E1A #1A4E4E #4E1A4E

tetradic

#4E4E1A #1A4E34 #1A1A4E #4E1A34

square

#4E4E1A #1A4E34 #1A1A4E #4E1A34

split-complementary

#4E4E1A #1A344E #341A4E

monochromatic

#171708 #20200B #4E4E1A #7C7C29 #AAAA39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#4E4E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E4E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E1A

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E1A	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.072 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817f59',
    500: '#4e4e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e1a;
$custom-light: #817f59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41223,
    "c": 0.07231,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E1A

secondary

#404084

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E1A

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

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