#4E541B#4E541B

#4E541B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.079 H 114.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E541B
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 27)
HSL	hsl(66, 51%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 67.9%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.07, -11.22, 31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.07, 33.41, 109.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% -0.0333 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.079 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5102, 8.0396, 2.2455)
Luminance	0.0804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E541B #211B54

analogous

#543E1B #4E541B #32541B

triadic

#4E541B #1B4E54 #541B4E

tetradic

#4E541B #1B543E #211B54 #541B32

square

#4E541B #1B543E #211B54 #541B32

split-complementary

#4E541B #1B3254 #3E1B54

monochromatic

#161707 #23260C #4E541B #79822A #A4B139

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#4E541B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4E541B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E541B

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E541B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E541B	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e541b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.079 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81845a',
    500: '#4e541b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e541b;
$custom-light: #81845a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e541b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42773,
    "c": 0.07915,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E541B

secondary

#49418A

accent

#4DDB5C

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E541B

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

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