#4E540D#4E540D

#4E540D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.090 H 114.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E540D
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 13)
HSL	hsl(65, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(65, 85%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 84.5%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.96, -12.09, 37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.96, 39.20, 107.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% -0.0372 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.09 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3850, 7.9895, 1.5865)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E540D #130D54

analogous

#54370D #4E540D #2B540D

triadic

#4E540D #0D4E54 #540D4E

tetradic

#4E540D #0D5437 #130D54 #540D2B

square

#4E540D #0D5437 #130D54 #540D2B

split-complementary

#4E540D #0D2B54 #370D54

monochromatic

#191A04 #1D1F05 #4E540D #7F8915 #B0BE1D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#4E540D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4E540D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E540D

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E540D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E540D	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B4F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e540d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.090 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828453',
    500: '#4e540d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e540d;
$custom-light: #828453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e540d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.07,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42656,
    "c": 0.08955,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E540D

secondary

#362E8F

accent

#38F047

background

#F8F8F4

surface

#EFEFE7

border

#CACAC3

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E540D

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

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