#4E5417#4E5417

#4E5417 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.083 H 114.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5417
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 23)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 72.6%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, -11.52, 33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 35.26, 109.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% -0.0346 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.083 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4670, 8.0223, 2.0182)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5417 #1D1754

analogous

#543B17 #4E5417 #2F5417

triadic

#4E5417 #174E54 #54174E

tetradic

#4E5417 #17543B #1D1754 #54172F

square

#4E5417 #17543B #1D1754 #54172F

split-complementary

#4E5417 #172F54 #3B1754

monochromatic

#161807 #21240A #4E5417 #7B8424 #A7B431

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#4E5417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4E5417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5417

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5417	1.00	8.06	2.60	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A500E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.083 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828458',
    500: '#4e5417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5417;
$custom-light: #828458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.902,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42733,
    "c": 0.08263,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5417

secondary

#443C8B

accent

#48E057

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5417

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

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