#4E5515#4E5515

#4E5515 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.086 H 115.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5515
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 21)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 75.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, -12.23, 34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 36.63, 109.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% -0.0368 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.086 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5259, 8.1709, 1.9427)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5515 #1C1555

analogous

#553C15 #4E5515 #2E5515

triadic

#4E5515 #154E55 #55154E

tetradic

#4E5515 #15553C #1C1555 #55152E

square

#4E5515 #15553C #1C1555 #55152E

split-complementary

#4E5515 #152E55 #3C1555

monochromatic

#171906 #212409 #4E5515 #7B8621 #A8B72D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#4E5515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4E5515 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5515

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5515	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B500B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.086 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828457',
    500: '#4e5515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5515;
$custom-light: #828457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.563,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42974,
    "c": 0.08551,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5515

secondary

#42398D

accent

#44E456

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5515

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

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