#4E501E#4E501E

#4E501E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.071 H 111.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E501E
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 30)
HSL	hsl(62, 45%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 62.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.81, -8.64, 28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.81, 29.85, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% -0.0257 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.071 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2450, 7.4509, 2.3372)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E501E #201E50

analogous

#50391E #4E501E #35501E

triadic

#4E501E #1E4E50 #501E4E

tetradic

#4E501E #1E5039 #201E50 #501E35

square

#4E501E #1E5039 #201E50 #501E35

split-complementary

#4E501E #1E3550 #391E50

monochromatic

#161608 #23230D #4E501E #797D2F #A5A93F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#4E501E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E501E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E501E

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E501E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E501E	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e501e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.071 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81815c',
    500: '#4e501e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e501e;
$custom-light: #81815c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e501e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41781,
    "c": 0.07091,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E501E

secondary

#474585

accent

#53D558

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E501E

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

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