#4E5712#4E5712

#4E5712 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.090 H 116.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5712
RGB	rgb(78, 87, 18)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(68, 79%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 79.3%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.96, -13.54, 36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.96, 38.81, 110.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% -0.0408 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.09 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6594, 8.4798, 1.8581)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5712 #1B1257

analogous

#573D12 #4E5712 #2B5712

triadic

#4E5712 #124E57 #57124E

tetradic

#4E5712 #12573D #1B1257 #57122B

square

#4E5712 #12573D #1B1257 #57122B

split-complementary

#4E5712 #122B57 #3D1257

monochromatic

#171905 #212408 #4E5712 #7B8A1C #A9BC27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#4E5712 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E5712 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5712

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5712	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5712	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)

#5D5205

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53524A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5712;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 87, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.090 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828656',
    500: '#4e5712',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5712;
$custom-light: #828656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5712",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4347,
    "c": 0.09024,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5712

secondary

#413590

accent

#3FE955

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5712

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

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