#4E5811#4E5811

#4E5811 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.092 H 117.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5811
RGB	rgb(78, 88, 17)
HSL	hsl(68, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 80.7%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.28, -14.16, 37.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.28, 39.67, 110.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% -0.0426 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.092 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7329, 8.6397, 1.8431)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5811 #1B1158

analogous

#583E11 #4E5811 #2A5811

triadic

#4E5811 #114E58 #58114E

tetradic

#4E5811 #11583E #1B1158 #58112A

square

#4E5811 #11583E #1B1158 #58112A

split-complementary

#4E5811 #112A58 #3E1158

monochromatic

#171A05 #212507 #4E5811 #7B8B1B #A9BF25

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#4E5811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4E5811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5811

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5811	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53534B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 88, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.092 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828755',
    500: '#4e5811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5811;
$custom-light: #828755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.451,
    "s": 67.619,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43724,
    "c": 0.09218,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5811

secondary

#413491

accent

#3DEA56

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5811

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

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