#4E551B#4E551B

#4E551B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.081 H 115.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E551B
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 27)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.39, -11.80, 31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.39, 33.93, 110.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% -0.0349 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.081 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5884, 8.1959, 2.2716)
Luminance	0.0820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E551B #221B55

analogous

#553F1B #4E551B #31551B

triadic

#4E551B #1B4E55 #551B4E

tetradic

#4E551B #1B553F #221B55 #551B31

square

#4E551B #1B553F #221B55 #551B31

split-complementary

#4E551B #1B3155 #3F1B55

monochromatic

#151707 #23270C #4E551B #79832A #A3B239

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#4E551B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#4E551B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E551B

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E551B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E551B	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e551b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.081 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81845b',
    500: '#4e551b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e551b;
$custom-light: #81845b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e551b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.241,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43031,
    "c": 0.0805,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E551B

secondary

#4A418B

accent

#4DDB5E

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0A0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E551B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →