#4E550C#4E550C

#4E550C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.091 H 115.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E550C
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 12)
HSL	hsl(66, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(66, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.28, -12.71, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.28, 39.99, 108.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% -0.039 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.091 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4569, 8.1434, 1.5794)
Luminance	0.0814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E550C #130C55

analogous

#55380C #4E550C #2A550C

triadic

#4E550C #0C4E55 #550C4E

tetradic

#4E550C #0C5538 #130C55 #550C2A

square

#4E550C #0C5538 #130C55 #550C2A

split-complementary

#4E550C #0C2A55 #380C55

monochromatic

#191B04 #1D1F04 #4E550C #7F8B14 #B0C01B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.99

#4E550C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4E550C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E550C

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E550C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E550C	1.00	7.99	2.63	7.99
#FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e550c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.091 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828453',
    500: '#4e550c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e550c;
$custom-light: #828453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e550c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.753,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4291,
    "c": 0.09132,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E550C

secondary

#362D90

accent

#36F248

background

#F8F8F4

surface

#EFEFE7

border

#CACAC3

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E550C

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

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