#4E5416#4E5416

#4E5416 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.083 H 114.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5416
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 22)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 73.8%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.02, -11.59, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.02, 35.70, 108.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42.72% -0.0349 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(42.72% 0.083 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4572, 8.0184, 1.9664)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5416 #1C1654

analogous

#543B16 #4E5416 #2F5416

triadic

#4E5416 #164E54 #54164E

tetradic

#4E5416 #16543B #1C1654 #54162F

square

#4E5416 #16543B #1C1654 #54162F

split-complementary

#4E5416 #162F54 #3B1654

monochromatic

#171806 #212409 #4E5416 #7B8423 #A8B52F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#4E5416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4E5416 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5416

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5416	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)

#5A500D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.083 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828457',
    500: '#4e5416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5416;
$custom-light: #828457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42723,
    "c": 0.08344,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5416

secondary

#423A8B

accent

#46E255

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5416

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

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