#4E5517#4E5517

#4E5517 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.084 H 115.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5517
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 23)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 72.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.35, -12.09, 33.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.35, 35.76, 109.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% -0.0362 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.084 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5452, 8.1787, 2.0443)
Luminance	0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5517 #1E1755

analogous

#553D17 #4E5517 #2F5517

triadic

#4E5517 #174E55 #55174E

tetradic

#4E5517 #17553D #1E1755 #55172F

square

#4E5517 #17553D #1E1755 #55172F

split-complementary

#4E5517 #172F55 #3D1755

monochromatic

#161807 #22250A #4E5517 #7A8524 #A6B531

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#4E5517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#4E5517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5517

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5517	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)

#5B500E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.084 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828458',
    500: '#4e5517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5517;
$custom-light: #828458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.774,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42992,
    "c": 0.08394,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5517

secondary

#453C8C

accent

#47E158

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5517

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

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