#4E5221#4E5221

#4E5221 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.070 H 113.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5221
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 33)
HSL	hsl(65, 43%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 59.8%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.49, -9.53, 27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.49, 29.33, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% -0.0278 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.07 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4338, 7.7642, 2.5983)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5221 #252152

analogous

#523E21 #4E5221 #355221

triadic

#4E5221 #214E52 #52214E

tetradic

#4E5221 #21523E #252152 #522135

square

#4E5221 #21523E #252152 #522135

split-complementary

#4E5221 #213552 #3E2152

monochromatic

#151609 #24260F #4E5221 #787E33 #A1A944

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#4E5221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#4E5221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5221

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5221	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.070 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81825e',
    500: '#4e5221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5221;
$custom-light: #81825e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.898,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42331,
    "c": 0.07045,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5221

secondary

#4E4986

accent

#55D260

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5221

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

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