#4E5215#4E5215

#4E5215 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.082 H 113.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5215
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 21)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 74.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, -10.50, 33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 35.16, 107.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% -0.032 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.082 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2947, 7.7086, 1.8656)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5215 #191552

analogous

#523715 #4E5215 #305215

triadic

#4E5215 #154E52 #52154E

tetradic

#4E5215 #155237 #191552 #521530

square

#4E5215 #155237 #191552 #521530

split-complementary

#4E5215 #153052 #371552

monochromatic

#171806 #202109 #4E5215 #7C8321 #ABB32E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#4E5215 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E5215 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5215

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5215	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5215	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594E0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5215;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.082 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828257',
    500: '#4e5215',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5215;
$custom-light: #828257;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5215",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.934,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42198,
    "c": 0.08167,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5215

secondary

#3E398A

accent

#45E250

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5215

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

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