#4E5616#4E5616

#4E5616 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.086 H 116.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5616
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 22)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 74.4%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.67, -12.73, 34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.67, 36.70, 110.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% -0.0381 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.086 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6146, 8.3333, 2.0189)
Luminance	0.0833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5616 #1E1656

analogous

#563E16 #4E5616 #2E5616

triadic

#4E5616 #164E56 #56164E

tetradic

#4E5616 #16563E #1E1656 #56162E

square

#4E5616 #16563E #1E1656 #56162E

split-complementary

#4E5616 #162E56 #3E1656

monochromatic

#161806 #22250A #4E5616 #7A8722 #A6B72F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#4E5616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4E5616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5616

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5616	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)

#5C510C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.086 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828558',
    500: '#4e5616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5616;
$custom-light: #828558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43242,
    "c": 0.08604,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5616

secondary

#453A8D

accent

#45E259

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5616

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

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