#4E5516#4E5516

#4E5516 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.085 H 115.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5516
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 22)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, -12.16, 34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 36.20, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% -0.0365 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.085 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5354, 8.1747, 1.9925)
Luminance	0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5516 #1D1655

analogous

#553C16 #4E5516 #2E5516

triadic

#4E5516 #164E55 #55164E

tetradic

#4E5516 #16553C #1D1655 #55162E

square

#4E5516 #16553C #1D1655 #55162E

split-complementary

#4E5516 #162E55 #3C1655

monochromatic

#161806 #212409 #4E5516 #7B8623 #A7B62F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#4E5516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#4E5516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5516

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5516	1.00	7.97	2.64	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B500C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.085 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828458',
    500: '#4e5516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5516;
$custom-light: #828458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42982,
    "c": 0.08473,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5516

secondary

#443A8C

accent

#46E257

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5516

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

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