#4E5717#4E5717

#4E5717 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.087 H 117.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5717
RGB	rgb(78, 87, 23)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 73.6%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.00, -13.23, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.00, 36.78, 111.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% -0.0394 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.087 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7049, 8.4980, 2.0975)
Luminance	0.0850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5717 #201757

analogous

#574017 #4E5717 #2E5717

triadic

#4E5717 #174E57 #57174E

tetradic

#4E5717 #175740 #201757 #57172E

square

#4E5717 #175740 #201757 #57172E

split-complementary

#4E5717 #172E57 #401757

monochromatic

#161806 #23270A #4E5717 #798724 #A5B831

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#4E5717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#4E5717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5717

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5717	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D520D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C531C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53524A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 87, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.087 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828658',
    500: '#4e5717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5717;
$custom-light: #828658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.438,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43511,
    "c": 0.08658,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5717

secondary

#473C8E

accent

#46E15C

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5717

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

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