#4E5615#4E5615

#4E5615 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.087 H 116.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5615
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 21)
HSL	hsl(67, 61%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(67, 76%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 75.6%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.66, -12.79, 34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.66, 37.12, 110.16°)
OKLab	oklab(43.23% -0.0384 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(43.23% 0.087 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6052, 8.3295, 1.9691)
Luminance	0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5615 #1D1556

analogous

#563D15 #4E5615 #2D5615

triadic

#4E5615 #154E56 #56154E

tetradic

#4E5615 #15563D #1D1556 #56152D

square

#4E5615 #15563D #1D1556 #56152D

split-complementary

#4E5615 #152D56 #3D1556

monochromatic

#161906 #212509 #4E5615 #7B8721 #A7B82D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#4E5615 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4E5615 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5615

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5615	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5615	1.00	7.88	2.67	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C510A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5615;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.087 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828557',
    500: '#4e5615',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5615;
$custom-light: #828557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5615",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.385,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43233,
    "c": 0.08681,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5615

secondary

#44398E

accent

#44E458

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5615

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

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