#4E5711#4E5711

#4E5711 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.091 H 116.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5711
RGB	rgb(78, 87, 17)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(68, 80%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 80.5%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.96, -13.59, 36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.96, 39.19, 110.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.46% -0.041 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(43.46% 0.091 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6514, 8.4766, 1.8160)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5711 #1A1157

analogous

#573D11 #4E5711 #2B5711

triadic

#4E5711 #114E57 #57114E

tetradic

#4E5711 #11573D #1A1157 #57112B

square

#4E5711 #11573D #1A1157 #57112B

split-complementary

#4E5711 #112B57 #3D1157

monochromatic

#171A05 #202407 #4E5711 #7C8A1B #AABD25

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#4E5711 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E5711 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5711

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5711	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5711	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5203

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53524A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5711;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 87, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.091 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828655',
    500: '#4e5711',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5711;
$custom-light: #828655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5711",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43463,
    "c": 0.09089,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5711

secondary

#403490

accent

#3EEA54

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5711

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

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