#4E5618#4E5618

#4E5618 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.084 H 116.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5618
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 24)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 72.1%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.68, -12.59, 33.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.68, 35.83, 110.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.26% -0.0375 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(43.26% 0.084 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6347, 8.3413, 2.1245)
Luminance	0.0834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5618 #201856

analogous

#563F18 #4E5618 #2F5618

triadic

#4E5618 #184E56 #56184E

tetradic

#4E5618 #18563F #201856 #56182F

square

#4E5618 #18563F #201856 #56182F

split-complementary

#4E5618 #182F56 #3F1856

monochromatic

#161807 #23260B #4E5618 #798625 #A5B633

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#4E5618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4E5618 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5618

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5618	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)

#5C510F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.084 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828559',
    500: '#4e5618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5618;
$custom-light: #828559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.742,
    "s": 56.364,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4326,
    "c": 0.08444,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5618

secondary

#473D8D

accent

#48E05C

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5618

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

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