#4E501B#4E501B

#4E501B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.074 H 111.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E501B
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 66.3%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.78, -8.89, 30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.78, 31.38, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% -0.0268 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.074 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2085, 7.4363, 2.1450)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E501B #1D1B50

analogous

#50371B #4E501B #33501B

triadic

#4E501B #1B4E50 #501B4E

tetradic

#4E501B #1B5037 #1D1B50 #501B33

square

#4E501B #1B5037 #1D1B50 #501B33

split-complementary

#4E501B #1B3350 #371B50

monochromatic

#161708 #21220C #4E501B #7B7E2A #A7AC3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#4E501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E501B

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E501B	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.074 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81805a',
    500: '#4e501b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e501b;
$custom-light: #81805a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.264,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41745,
    "c": 0.07389,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E501B

secondary

#444186

accent

#4FD954

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E501B

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

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