#4E5317#4E5317

#4E5317 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.081 H 113.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5317
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 23)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 72.3%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.71, -10.94, 33.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.71, 34.77, 108.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% -0.033 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.081 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3900, 7.8682, 1.9925)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5317 #1C1753

analogous

#533A17 #4E5317 #305317

triadic

#4E5317 #174E53 #53174E

tetradic

#4E5317 #17533A #1C1753 #531730

square

#4E5317 #17533A #1C1753 #531730

split-complementary

#4E5317 #173053 #3A1753

monochromatic

#171807 #21230A #4E5317 #7B8324 #A8B332

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#4E5317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4E5317 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5317

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5317	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.081 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828358',
    500: '#4e5317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5317;
$custom-light: #828358;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42474,
    "c": 0.08133,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5317

secondary

#423C8A

accent

#48E055

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5317

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

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