#4E531A#4E531A

#4E531A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.079 H 114.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E531A
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 26)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 68.7%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, -10.72, 31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 33.38, 108.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% -0.032 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.079 114)
XYZ	xyz(6.4218, 7.8809, 2.1600)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E531A #1F1A53

analogous

#533C1A #4E531A #32531A

triadic

#4E531A #1A4E53 #531A4E

tetradic

#4E531A #1A533C #1F1A53 #531A32

square

#4E531A #1A533C #1F1A53 #531A32

split-complementary

#4E531A #1A3253 #3C1A53

monochromatic

#161707 #22240B #4E531A #7A8229 #A6B037

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#4E531A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E531A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E531A

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E531A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E531A	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e531a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.079 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81835a',
    500: '#4e531a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e531a;
$custom-light: #81835a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e531a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.263,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42504,
    "c": 0.07873,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.07881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E531A

secondary

#464089

accent

#4CDC59

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E531A

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

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