#4E5817#4E5817

#4E5817 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.088 H 117.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5817
RGB	rgb(78, 88, 23)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 73.9%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.32, -13.79, 34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.32, 37.29, 111.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% -0.0409 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.088 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7864, 8.6611, 2.1247)
Luminance	0.0866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5817 #211758

analogous

#584217 #4E5817 #2E5817

triadic

#4E5817 #174E58 #58174E

tetradic

#4E5817 #175842 #211758 #58172E

square

#4E5817 #175842 #211758 #58172E

split-complementary

#4E5817 #172E58 #421758

monochromatic

#161806 #23270A #4E5817 #798924 #A4B930

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.69

#4E5817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#4E5817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5817

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5817	1.00	7.69	2.73	7.69
#FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E530D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53534B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 88, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.088 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828759',
    500: '#4e5817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5817;
$custom-light: #828759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 58.559,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43771,
    "c": 0.08791,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5817

secondary

#493C8F

accent

#46E25E

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5817

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

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