#4E521B#4E521B

#4E521B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.076 H 113.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E521B
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 27)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 67.1%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.42, -10.06, 30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.42, 32.38, 108.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% -0.0301 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.076 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3572, 7.7335, 2.1945)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E521B #1F1B52

analogous

#523B1B #4E521B #33521B

triadic

#4E521B #1B4E52 #521B4E

tetradic

#4E521B #1B523B #1F1B52 #521B33

square

#4E521B #1B523B #1F1B52 #521B33

split-complementary

#4E521B #1B3352 #3B1B52

monochromatic

#161708 #22240C #4E521B #7A802A #A6AE39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#4E521B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4E521B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E521B

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E521B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E521B	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e521b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.076 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81825a',
    500: '#4e521b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e521b;
$custom-light: #81825a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e521b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.364,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42258,
    "c": 0.07649,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E521B

secondary

#464188

accent

#4EDA58

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E521B

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

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