#4E5911#4E5911

#4E5911 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.093 H 118.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5911
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 17)
HSL	hsl(69, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(69, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 80.9%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.61, -14.71, 37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.61, 40.16, 111.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% -0.0441 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.093 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8156, 8.8050, 1.8707)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5911 #1C1159

analogous

#594011 #4E5911 #2A5911

triadic

#4E5911 #114E59 #59114E

tetradic

#4E5911 #115940 #1C1159 #59112A

square

#4E5911 #115940 #1C1159 #59112A

split-complementary

#4E5911 #112A59 #401159

monochromatic

#171A05 #212607 #4E5911 #7B8C1B #A8C025

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#4E5911 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4E5911 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5911

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5911	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5911	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)

#5F5403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53544B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5911;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.093 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828756',
    500: '#4e5911',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5911;
$custom-light: #828756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5911",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.167,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43985,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5911

secondary

#423492

accent

#3DEB58

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5911

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

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