#4E5522#4E5522

#4E5522 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.074 H 116.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5522
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 34)
HSL	hsl(68, 43%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 60%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.46, -11.18, 28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.46, 30.45, 111.54°)
OKLab	oklab(43.11% -0.0324 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(43.11% 0.074 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6792, 8.2323, 2.7502)
Luminance	0.0823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5522 #292255

analogous

#554222 #4E5522 #345522

triadic

#4E5522 #224E55 #55224E

tetradic

#4E5522 #225542 #292255 #552234

square

#4E5522 #225542 #292255 #552234

split-complementary

#4E5522 #223455 #422255

monochromatic

#141609 #262911 #4E5522 #768133 #9EAC45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#4E5522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#4E5522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5522

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5522	1.00	7.94	2.65	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B511D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53504A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.074 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81845f',
    500: '#4e5522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5522;
$custom-light: #81845f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.235,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43115,
    "c": 0.07359,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5522

secondary

#524A89

accent

#55D366

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0A0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5522

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

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