#4E5A11#4E5A11

#4E5A11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.095 H 118.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E5A11
RGB	rgb(78, 90, 17)
HSL	hsl(70, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(70, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 81.1%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.93, -15.27, 37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.93, 40.65, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% -0.0456 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.095 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8994, 8.9726, 1.8986)
Luminance	0.0897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E5A11 #1D115A

analogous

#5A4111 #4E5A11 #295A11

triadic

#4E5A11 #114E5A #5A114E

tetradic

#4E5A11 #115A41 #1D115A #5A1129

square

#4E5A11 #115A41 #1D115A #5A1129

split-complementary

#4E5A11 #11295A #41115A

monochromatic

#161A05 #212707 #4E5A11 #7B8D1B #A7C124

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#4E5A11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#4E5A11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E5A11

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E5A11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E5A11	1.00	7.51	2.79	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605402

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5518

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53554C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e5a11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 90, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.095 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828856',
    500: '#4e5a11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e5a11;
$custom-light: #828856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e5a11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.863,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44247,
    "c": 0.09476,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E5A11

secondary

#443493

accent

#3DEB59

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E5A11

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

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