#4E511B#4E511B

#4E511B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.075 H 112.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E511B
RGB	rgb(78, 81, 27)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 66.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, -9.48, 30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 31.88, 107.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42% -0.0284 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.075 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2823, 7.5838, 2.1696)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E511B #1E1B51

analogous

#51391B #4E511B #33511B

triadic

#4E511B #1B4E51 #511B4E

tetradic

#4E511B #1B5139 #1E1B51 #511B33

square

#4E511B #1B5139 #1E1B51 #511B33

split-complementary

#4E511B #1B3351 #391B51

monochromatic

#161708 #22230C #4E511B #7A7F2A #A6AD3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#4E511B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#4E511B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E511B

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E511B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E511B	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e511b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 81, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.075 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81815a',
    500: '#4e511b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e511b;
$custom-light: #81815a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e511b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42001,
    "c": 0.07518,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E511B

secondary

#454187

accent

#4EDA56

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E511B

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

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