#4E5020#4E5020

#4E5020 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.069 H 111.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5020
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 32)
HSL	hsl(63, 43%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(63, 60%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 60%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.84, -8.45, 27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.84, 28.80, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(41.81% -0.0249 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(41.81% 0.069 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2714, 7.4614, 2.4761)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5020 #222050

analogous

#503A20 #4E5020 #365020

triadic

#4E5020 #204E50 #50204E

tetradic

#4E5020 #20503A #222050 #502036

square

#4E5020 #20503A #222050 #502036

split-complementary

#4E5020 #203650 #3A2050

monochromatic

#151609 #23240F #4E5020 #797C31 #A3A743

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#4E5020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4E5020 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5020

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5020	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)

#564C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.069 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81815d',
    500: '#4e5020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5020;
$custom-light: #81815d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41806,
    "c": 0.0688,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5020

secondary

#4A4784

accent

#55D35A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5020

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

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