#4E541D#4E541D

#4E541D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.077 H 115.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E541D
RGB	rgb(78, 84, 29)
HSL	hsl(67, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 65.5%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.09, -11.06, 30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.09, 32.44, 109.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% -0.0326 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.077 115)
XYZ	xyz(6.5341, 8.0492, 2.3716)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E541D #231D54

analogous

#543F1D #4E541D #33541D

triadic

#4E541D #1D4E54 #541D4E

tetradic

#4E541D #1D543F #231D54 #541D33

square

#4E541D #1D543F #231D54 #541D33

split-complementary

#4E541D #1D3354 #3F1D54

monochromatic

#151708 #24270D #4E541D #78812D #A2AF3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#4E541D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4E541D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E541D

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E541D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E541D	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)

#5A5017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e541d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 84, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.077 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81845c',
    500: '#4e541d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e541d;
$custom-light: #81845c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e541d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.545,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42795,
    "c": 0.07727,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.08049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E541D

secondary

#4B4489

accent

#50D85E

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E541D

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

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