#4E590F#4E590F

#4E590F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.095 H 118.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E590F
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 15)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(69, 83%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 83.1%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.59, -14.82, 38.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.59, 40.86, 111.26°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% -0.0446 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.095 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8006, 8.7990, 1.7920)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E590F #1A0F59

analogous

#593F0F #4E590F #29590F

triadic

#4E590F #0F4E59 #590F4E

tetradic

#4E590F #0F593F #1A0F59 #590F29

square

#4E590F #0F593F #1A0F59 #590F29

split-complementary

#4E590F #0F2959 #3F0F59

monochromatic

#171A04 #202506 #4E590F #7C8D18 #AAC221

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#4E590F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4E590F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E590F

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E590F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E590F	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)

#5E5416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53544B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e590f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.095 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828755',
    500: '#4e590f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e590f;
$custom-light: #828755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e590f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.919,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43972,
    "c": 0.09467,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E590F

secondary

#403193

accent

#3AEE55

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E590F

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

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