#4E511A#4E511A

#4E511A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.076 H 112.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E511A
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 26)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 67.9%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.09, -9.56, 30.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.09, 32.37, 107.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% -0.0288 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.076 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2709, 7.5793, 2.1097)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E511A #1D1A51

analogous

#51381A #4E511A #32511A

triadic

#4E511A #1A4E51 #511A4E

tetradic

#4E511A #1A5138 #1D1A51 #511A32

square

#4E511A #1A5138 #1D1A51 #511A32

split-complementary

#4E511A #1A3251 #381A51

monochromatic

#161707 #21230B #4E511A #7B7F29 #A7AE38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#4E511A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E511A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E511A

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E511A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E511A	1.00	8.35	2.52	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584E1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e511a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.076 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818159',
    500: '#4e511a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e511a;
$custom-light: #818159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e511a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.273,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4199,
    "c": 0.07611,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E511A

secondary

#444087

accent

#4DDB55

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E511A

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

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