#4E4E23#4E4E23

#4E4E23 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.063 H 108.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4E23
RGB	rgb(78, 78, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 38%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, -6.97, 25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 26.13, 105.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.34% -0.0203 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(41.34% 0.063 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1698, 7.1900, 2.6526)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4E23 #23234E

analogous

#4E3923 #4E4E23 #394E23

triadic

#4E4E23 #234E4E #4E234E

tetradic

#4E4E23 #234E39 #23234E #4E2339

square

#4E4E23 #234E39 #23234E #4E2339

split-complementary

#4E4E23 #23394E #39234E

monochromatic

#151509 #242410 #4E4E23 #787836 #A2A249

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#4E4E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4E4E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4E23

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4E23	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534944

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 78, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.063 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817f5f',
    500: '#4e4e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4e23;
$custom-light: #817f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4134,
    "c": 0.06279,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4E23

secondary

#4B4B82

accent

#5ACE5A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4E23

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

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