#4E531D#4E531D

#4E531D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.076 H 114.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E531D
RGB	rgb(78, 83, 29)
HSL	hsl(66, 48%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 65.1%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, -10.48, 30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 31.92, 109.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% -0.031 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.076 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4571, 7.8950, 2.3459)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E531D #221D53

analogous

#533D1D #4E531D #33531D

triadic

#4E531D #1D4E53 #531D4E

tetradic

#4E531D #1D533D #221D53 #531D33

square

#4E531D #1D533D #221D53 #531D33

split-complementary

#4E531D #1D3353 #3D1D53

monochromatic

#151708 #23260D #4E531D #79802D #A3AE3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#4E531D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#4E531D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E531D

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E531D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E531D	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e531d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 83, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.076 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81835c',
    500: '#4e531d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e531d;
$custom-light: #81835c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e531d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.556,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42538,
    "c": 0.07591,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E531D

secondary

#4A4488

accent

#50D85D

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E531D

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

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