#4E5720#4E5720

#4E5720 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.078 H 117.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5720
RGB	rgb(78, 87, 32)
HSL	hsl(70, 46%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(70, 63%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.3%, 0%, 63.2%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.08, -12.51, 30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.08, 32.57, 112.59°)
OKLab	oklab(43.61% -0.0363 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(43.61% 0.078 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8109, 8.5404, 2.6559)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5720 #292057

analogous

#574420 #4E5720 #325720

triadic

#4E5720 #204E57 #57204E

tetradic

#4E5720 #205744 #292057 #572032

square

#4E5720 #205744 #292057 #572032

split-complementary

#4E5720 #203257 #442057

monochromatic

#141608 #262A10 #4E5720 #768430 #9EB041

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#4E5720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#4E5720 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5720

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5720	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D521A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53524B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 87, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.078 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81865e',
    500: '#4e5720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5720;
$custom-light: #81865e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.818,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43606,
    "c": 0.07849,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5720

secondary

#52478B

accent

#52D668

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0A0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5720

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

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