#4E5617#4E5617

#4E5617 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.085 H 116.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5617
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 23)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 73.3%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.68, -12.66, 33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.68, 36.27, 110.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% -0.0378 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.085 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6245, 8.3372, 2.0707)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5617 #1F1756

analogous

#563F17 #4E5617 #2F5617

triadic

#4E5617 #174E56 #56174E

tetradic

#4E5617 #17563F #1F1756 #56172F

square

#4E5617 #17563F #1F1756 #56172F

split-complementary

#4E5617 #172F56 #3F1756

monochromatic

#161806 #22260A #4E5617 #7A8624 #A6B731

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#4E5617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4E5617 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5617

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5617	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C510E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.085 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828558',
    500: '#4e5617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5617;
$custom-light: #828558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.619,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43251,
    "c": 0.08526,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5617

secondary

#463C8D

accent

#47E15A

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5617

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

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