#4E5023#4E5023

#4E5023 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.065 H 111.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5023
RGB	rgb(78, 80, 35)
HSL	hsl(63, 39%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(63, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 56.3%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.87, -8.16, 25.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.87, 27.19, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% -0.0237 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.065 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3141, 7.4785, 2.7007)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5023 #252350

analogous

#503C23 #4E5023 #375023

triadic

#4E5023 #234E50 #50234E

tetradic

#4E5023 #23503C #252350 #502337

square

#4E5023 #23503C #252350 #502337

split-complementary

#4E5023 #233750 #3C2350

monochromatic

#151509 #242510 #4E5023 #787B36 #A1A548

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#4E5023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4E5023 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5023

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5023	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 80, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.065 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81815f',
    500: '#4e5023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5023;
$custom-light: #81815f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.667,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41848,
    "c": 0.06549,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5023

secondary

#4E4B84

accent

#59CF5E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A05

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5023

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

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