#4E5217#4E5217

#4E5217 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.080 H 113.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5217
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 72%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.38, -10.37, 32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.38, 34.27, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% -0.0314 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.08 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3140, 7.7163, 1.9672)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5217 #1B1752

analogous

#523817 #4E5217 #305217

triadic

#4E5217 #174E52 #52174E

tetradic

#4E5217 #175238 #1B1752 #521730

square

#4E5217 #175238 #1B1752 #521730

split-complementary

#4E5217 #173052 #381752

monochromatic

#171807 #21220A #4E5217 #7B8224 #A9B232

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#4E5217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4E5217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5217

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5217	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)

#584E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584F1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.080 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828258',
    500: '#4e5217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5217;
$custom-light: #828258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42216,
    "c": 0.08005,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5217

secondary

#413C89

accent

#48DF53

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5217

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

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