#4E590D#4E590D

#4E590D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.096 H 118.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E590D
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 13)
HSL	hsl(69, 75%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(69, 85%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 85.4%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.58, -14.91, 38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.58, 41.52, 111.04°)
OKLab	oklab(43.96% -0.045 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(43.96% 0.096 118)
XYZ	xyz(6.7871, 8.7936, 1.7205)
Luminance	0.0879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E590D #180D59

analogous

#593E0D #4E590D #28590D

triadic

#4E590D #0D4E59 #590D4E

tetradic

#4E590D #0D593E #180D59 #590D28

square

#4E590D #0D593E #180D59 #590D28

split-complementary

#4E590D #0D2859 #3E0D59

monochromatic

#171B04 #1F2405 #4E590D #7D8E15 #ACC41D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#4E590D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4E590D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E590D

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E590D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E590D	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5415

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53544B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e590d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.096 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828754',
    500: '#4e590d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e590d;
$custom-light: #828754;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e590d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.684,
    "s": 74.51,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4396,
    "c": 0.09578,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.08794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E590D

secondary

#3D2E93

accent

#37F152

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E590D

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

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