#4E552A#4E552A

#4E552A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.064 H 116.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E552A
RGB	rgb(78, 85, 42)
HSL	hsl(70, 34%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(70, 51%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 50.6%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.57, -10.31, 24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.57, 26.14, 113.23°)
OKLab	oklab(43.23% -0.029 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(43.23% 0.064 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8084, 8.2839, 3.4303)
Luminance	0.0828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E552A #312A55

analogous

#55462A #4E552A #39552A

triadic

#4E552A #2A4E55 #552A4E

tetradic

#4E552A #2A5546 #312A55 #552A39

square

#4E552A #2A5546 #312A55 #552A39

split-complementary

#4E552A #2A3955 #462A55

monochromatic

#13140A #282C16 #4E552A #747E3E #99A752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#4E552A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#4E552A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E552A

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E552A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E552A	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59522C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52514B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e552a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 85, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.064 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808464',
    500: '#4e552a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e552a;
$custom-light: #808464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e552a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.767,
    "s": 33.858,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43233,
    "c": 0.06443,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E552A

secondary

#5C5387

accent

#5ECA6F

background

#F7F8F6

surface

#EEEFEB

border

#C9CAC6

text

#0A0B05

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E552A

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

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