#4E5309#4E5309

#4E5309 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.090 H 113.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5309
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 9)
HSL	hsl(64, 80%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(64, 89%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 89.2%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.62, -11.68, 38.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.62, 40.02, 106.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% -0.0365 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.09 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2847, 7.8261, 1.4379)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5309 #0E0953

analogous

#533309 #4E5309 #295309

triadic

#4E5309 #094E53 #53094E

tetradic

#4E5309 #095333 #0E0953 #530929

square

#4E5309 #095333 #0E0953 #530929

split-complementary

#4E5309 #092953 #330953

monochromatic

#1A1C03 #1A1C03 #4E5309 #828A0F #B6C115

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#4E5309 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E5309 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5309

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5309	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5309	1.00	8.19	2.57	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5011

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5309;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.090 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828351',
    500: '#4e5309',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5309;
$custom-light: #828351;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5309",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.054,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42375,
    "c": 0.0904,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5309

secondary

#2F2890

accent

#31F73E

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE7

border

#CAC9C3

text

#0B0A02

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5309

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

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