#4E551F#4E551F

#4E551F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.077 H 115.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E551F
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 31)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 63.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.43, -11.46, 29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.43, 31.98, 111.00°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% -0.0335 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.077 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6378, 8.2157, 2.5322)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E551F #261F55

analogous

#55411F #4E551F #33551F

triadic

#4E551F #1F4E55 #551F4E

tetradic

#4E551F #1F5541 #261F55 #551F33

square

#4E551F #1F5541 #261F55 #551F33

split-complementary

#4E551F #1F3355 #411F55

monochromatic

#151608 #25280F #4E551F #77822F #A0AF40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#4E551F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#4E551F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E551F

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E551F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E551F	1.00	7.94	2.64	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e551f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.077 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81845d',
    500: '#4e551f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e551f;
$custom-light: #81845d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e551f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.778,
    "s": 46.552,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43077,
    "c": 0.07668,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E551F

secondary

#4F468A

accent

#52D663

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0A0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E551F

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

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