#4E5520#4E5520

#4E5520 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.076 H 116.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5520
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 32)
HSL	hsl(68, 45%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 62.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.44, -11.37, 29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.44, 31.48, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% -0.0331 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.076 116)
XYZ	xyz(6.6512, 8.2211, 2.6027)
Luminance	0.0822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5520 #272055

analogous

#554120 #4E5520 #335520

triadic

#4E5520 #204E55 #55204E

tetradic

#4E5520 #205541 #272055 #552033

square

#4E5520 #205541 #272055 #552033

split-complementary

#4E5520 #203355 #412055

monochromatic

#141608 #25290F #4E5520 #778131 #A0AE41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#4E5520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#4E5520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5520

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5520	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)

#5B511A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.076 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81845e',
    500: '#4e5520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5520;
$custom-light: #81845e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.925,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43089,
    "c": 0.07567,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.08221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5520

secondary

#50478A

accent

#53D564

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0A0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5520

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

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