#4E5A0D#4E5A0D

#4E5A0D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.097 H 118.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5A0D
RGB	rgb(78, 90, 13)
HSL	hsl(69, 75%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(69, 86%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 85.6%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.91, -15.46, 39.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.91, 41.99, 111.60°)
OKLab	oklab(44.22% -0.0465 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(44.22% 0.097 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8709, 8.9611, 1.7484)
Luminance	0.0896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5A0D #190D5A

analogous

#5A400D #4E5A0D #275A0D

triadic

#4E5A0D #0D4E5A #5A0D4E

tetradic

#4E5A0D #0D5A40 #190D5A #5A0D27

square

#4E5A0D #0D5A40 #190D5A #5A0D27

split-complementary

#4E5A0D #0D275A #400D5A

monochromatic

#171B04 #202505 #4E5A0D #7C8F15 #ABC51C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.52

#4E5A0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#4E5A0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5A0D

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5A0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5A0D	1.00	7.52	2.79	7.52
#FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5515

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53554C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5a0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 90, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.097 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828854',
    500: '#4e5a0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5a0d;
$custom-light: #828854;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5a0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.351,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44222,
    "c": 0.09705,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5A0D

secondary

#3E2E94

accent

#36F154

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5A0D

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

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