#4E540C#4E540C

#4E540C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.090 H 114.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E540C
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 12)
HSL	hsl(65, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(65, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 85.7%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.96, -12.14, 37.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.96, 39.53, 107.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% -0.0374 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.09 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3788, 7.9870, 1.5534)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E540C #120C54

analogous

#54360C #4E540C #2A540C

triadic

#4E540C #0C4E54 #540C4E

tetradic

#4E540C #0C5436 #120C54 #540C2A

square

#4E540C #0C5436 #120C54 #540C2A

split-complementary

#4E540C #0C2A54 #360C54

monochromatic

#191B04 #1C1E04 #4E540C #808A14 #B1BF1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#4E540C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4E540C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E540C

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E540C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E540C	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B4F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5013

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e540c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.090 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828453',
    500: '#4e540c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e540c;
$custom-light: #828453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e540c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4265,
    "c": 0.09009,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E540C

secondary

#352D8F

accent

#36F246

background

#F8F8F4

surface

#EFEFE7

border

#CACAC3

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E540C

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

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