#4E5412#4E5412

#4E5412 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.086 H 114.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5412
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 18)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 78.6%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.99, -11.84, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.99, 37.37, 108.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% -0.036 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.086 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4216, 8.0041, 1.7788)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5412 #181254

analogous

#543912 #4E5412 #2D5412

triadic

#4E5412 #124E54 #54124E

tetradic

#4E5412 #125439 #181254 #54122D

square

#4E5412 #125439 #181254 #54122D

split-complementary

#4E5412 #122D54 #391254

monochromatic

#171905 #1F2207 #4E5412 #7D861D #ACB928

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#4E5412 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4E5412 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5412

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5412	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5412	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B4F06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5017

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5412;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.086 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828455',
    500: '#4e5412',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5412;
$custom-light: #828455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5412",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4269,
    "c": 0.08642,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5412

secondary

#3D358D

accent

#40E84F

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5412

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

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