#4E4E21#4E4E21

#4E4E21 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.065 H 108.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E21
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 41%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.21, -7.17, 26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.21, 27.23, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(41.31% -0.0211 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(41.31% 0.065 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1409, 7.1784, 2.5006)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E21 #21214E

analogous

#4E3821 #4E4E21 #384E21

triadic

#4E4E21 #214E4E #4E214E

tetradic

#4E4E21 #214E38 #21214E #4E2138

square

#4E4E21 #214E38 #21214E #4E2138

split-complementary

#4E4E21 #21384E #38214E

monochromatic

#161609 #23230F #4E4E21 #797933 #A4A445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#4E4E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E4E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E21

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E21	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554D23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.065 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817f5e',
    500: '#4e4e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e21;
$custom-light: #817f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41311,
    "c": 0.06506,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E21

secondary

#494982

accent

#57D057

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E21

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

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