#4E501C#4E501C

#4E501C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.073 H 111.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E501C
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 28)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(62, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 65%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, -8.81, 29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 30.87, 106.58°)
OKLab	oklab(41.76% -0.0264 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(41.76% 0.073 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2203, 7.4410, 2.2070)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E501C #1E1C50

analogous

#50381C #4E501C #34501C

triadic

#4E501C #1C4E50 #501C4E

tetradic

#4E501C #1C5038 #1E1C50 #501C34

square

#4E501C #1C5038 #1E1C50 #501C34

split-complementary

#4E501C #1C3450 #381C50

monochromatic

#161708 #22230C #4E501C #7A7D2C #A6AB3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#4E501C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E501C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E501C

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E501C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E501C	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)

#564C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e501c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.073 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81805b',
    500: '#4e501c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e501c;
$custom-light: #81805b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e501c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.308,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41756,
    "c": 0.07292,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E501C

secondary

#454286

accent

#50D855

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E501C

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

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