#4E531B#4E531B

#4E531B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.078 H 114.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E531B
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 27)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 67.5%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, -10.65, 31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 32.90, 108.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% -0.0317 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.078 114)
XYZ	xyz(6.4331, 7.8855, 2.2199)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E531B #201B53

analogous

#533C1B #4E531B #32531B

triadic

#4E531B #1B4E53 #531B4E

tetradic

#4E531B #1B533C #201B53 #531B32

square

#4E531B #1B533C #201B53 #531B32

split-complementary

#4E531B #1B3253 #3C1B53

monochromatic

#161708 #23250C #4E531B #79812A #A5AF39

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#4E531B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E531B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E531B

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E531B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E531B	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)

#594F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e531b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.078 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81835a',
    500: '#4e531b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e531b;
$custom-light: #81835a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e531b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.357,
    "s": 50.909,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42515,
    "c": 0.07782,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.07885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E531B

secondary

#474189

accent

#4DDA5A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E531B

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

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