#4E5912#4E5912

#4E5912 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 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5912
RGB	rgb(78, 89, 18)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(69, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 79.8%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.61, -14.66, 37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.61, 39.79, 111.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% -0.0439 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.093 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8236, 8.8082, 1.9128)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5912 #1D1259

analogous

#594012 #4E5912 #2A5912

triadic

#4E5912 #124E59 #59124E

tetradic

#4E5912 #125940 #1D1259 #59122A

square

#4E5912 #125940 #1D1259 #59122A

split-complementary

#4E5912 #122A59 #401259

monochromatic

#161905 #212608 #4E5912 #7B8C1C #A7BF27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#4E5912 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#4E5912 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5912

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5912	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5912	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5418

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53544B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5912;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 89, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.093 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828756',
    500: '#4e5912',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5912;
$custom-light: #828756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5912",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.296,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43992,
    "c": 0.09283,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5912

secondary

#443592

accent

#3FE959

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5912

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

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