#4E561D#4E561D

#4E561D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.080 H 116.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E561D
RGB	rgb(78, 86, 29)
HSL	hsl(68, 50%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 66.3%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.73, -12.20, 31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.73, 33.50, 111.36°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% -0.0358 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.08 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6916, 8.3641, 2.4241)
Luminance	0.0836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E561D #251D56

analogous

#56411D #4E561D #32561D

triadic

#4E561D #1D4E56 #561D4E

tetradic

#4E561D #1D5641 #251D56 #561D32

square

#4E561D #1D5641 #251D56 #561D32

split-complementary

#4E561D #1D3256 #411D56

monochromatic

#151708 #24280E #4E561D #78842C #A1B23C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#4E561D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#4E561D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E561D

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E561D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E561D	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53514A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e561d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 86, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.080 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81855c',
    500: '#4e561d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e561d;
$custom-light: #81855c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e561d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.421,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43312,
    "c": 0.08001,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E561D

secondary

#4E448B

accent

#4FD962

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0A0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E561D

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

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