#4E4E1B#4E4E1B

#4E4E1B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.071 H 109.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E1B
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 27)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.14, -7.71, 29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.14, 30.39, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.24% -0.0234 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(41.24% 0.071 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0643, 7.1478, 2.0969)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E1B #1B1B4E

analogous

#4E341B #4E4E1B #344E1B

triadic

#4E4E1B #1B4E4E #4E1B4E

tetradic

#4E4E1B #1B4E34 #1B1B4E #4E1B34

square

#4E4E1B #1B4E34 #1B1B4E #4E1B34

split-complementary

#4E4E1B #1B344E #341B4E

monochromatic

#171708 #21210B #4E4E1B #7B7B2B #A9A93A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#4E4E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E4E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E1B

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E1B	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.071 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817f5a',
    500: '#4e4e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e1b;
$custom-light: #817f5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41235,
    "c": 0.07134,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E1B

secondary

#414184

accent

#50D850

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E1B

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

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