#4E5311#4E5311

#4E5311 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.086 H 113.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5311
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 17)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(65, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 79.5%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, -11.32, 35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 37.29, 107.67°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% -0.0347 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.086 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3365, 7.8468, 1.7110)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5311 #161153

analogous

#533711 #4E5311 #2D5311

triadic

#4E5311 #114E53 #53114E

tetradic

#4E5311 #115337 #161153 #53112D

square

#4E5311 #115337 #161153 #53112D

split-complementary

#4E5311 #112D53 #371153

monochromatic

#181905 #1E2007 #4E5311 #7E861B #ADB926

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#4E5311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E5311 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5311

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5311	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.086 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828355',
    500: '#4e5311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5311;
$custom-light: #828355;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42424,
    "c": 0.08585,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5311

secondary

#3A348C

accent

#3FE94C

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5311

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

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