#4E5228#4E5228

#4E5228 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.062 H 113.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5228
RGB	rgb(78, 82, 40)
HSL	hsl(66, 34%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(66, 51%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.9%, 0%, 51.2%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.58, -8.79, 23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.58, 25.52, 110.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% -0.0249 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.062 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5423, 7.8076, 3.1694)
Luminance	0.0781 (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

#4E5228 #2C2852

analogous

#524128 #4E5228 #395228

triadic

#4E5228 #284E52 #52284E

tetradic

#4E5228 #285241 #2C2852 #522839

square

#4E5228 #285241 #2C2852 #522839

split-complementary

#4E5228 #283952 #412852

monochromatic

#14150A #272914 #4E5228 #757B3C #9CA450

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#4E5228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#4E5228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5228

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5228	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 82, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.062 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808263',
    500: '#4e5228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5228;
$custom-light: #808263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 34.426,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42434,
    "c": 0.06241,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5228

secondary

#565185

accent

#5DCB68

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEEA

border

#C9C9C6

text

#0A0A05

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5228

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

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