#4E4E1D#4E4E1D

#4E4E1D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.069 H 109.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E1D
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 29)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, -7.54, 28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 29.36, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.26% -0.0227 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(41.26% 0.069 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.0882, 7.1573, 2.2230)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E1D #1D1D4E

analogous

#4E351D #4E4E1D #354E1D

triadic

#4E4E1D #1D4E4E #4E1D4E

tetradic

#4E4E1D #1D4E35 #1D1D4E #4E1D35

square

#4E4E1D #1D4E35 #1D1D4E #4E1D35

split-complementary

#4E4E1D #1D354E #351D4E

monochromatic

#161608 #21210C #4E4E1D #7B7B2E #A7A73E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#4E4E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#4E4E1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E1D

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E1D	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)

#544B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.069 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817f5b',
    500: '#4e4e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e1d;
$custom-light: #817f5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41259,
    "c": 0.06934,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E1D

secondary

#444483

accent

#52D552

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E1D

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

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