#4E5225#4E5225

#4E5225 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.066 H 113.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5225
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 37)
HSL	hsl(65, 38%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(65, 55%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 54.9%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, -9.13, 25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 27.18, 109.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% -0.0262 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.066 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4932, 7.7880, 2.9111)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5225 #292552

analogous

#523F25 #4E5225 #375225

triadic

#4E5225 #254E52 #52254E

tetradic

#4E5225 #25523F #292552 #522537

square

#4E5225 #25523F #292552 #522537

split-complementary

#4E5225 #253752 #3F2552

monochromatic

#14150A #262812 #4E5225 #767C38 #9EA64B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#4E5225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E5225 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5225

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5225	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.066 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818261',
    500: '#4e5225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5225;
$custom-light: #818261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.333,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42387,
    "c": 0.06598,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5225

secondary

#524D85

accent

#5ACE64

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEEA

border

#C9C9C6

text

#0A0A05

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5225

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

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