#4C4516#4C4516

#4C4516 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.066 H 100.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C4516
RGB	rgb(76, 69, 22)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 71.1%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.03, -3.65, 28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.03, 28.77, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% -0.0124 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.066 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2536, 5.8509, 1.6115)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C4516 #161D4C

analogous

#4C2A16 #4C4516 #384C16

triadic

#4C4516 #164C45 #45164C

tetradic

#4C4516 #164C2A #161D4C #4C1638

square

#4C4516 #164C2A #161D4C #4C1638

split-complementary

#4C4516 #16384C #2A164C

monochromatic

#181607 #1D1A08 #4C4516 #7B7024 #AB9B31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#4C4516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4C4516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C4516

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C4516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C4516	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c4516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 69, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.066 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807856',
    500: '#4c4516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c4516;
$custom-light: #807856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c4516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38697,
    "c": 0.06597,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C4516

secondary

#3A4484

accent

#5DDE49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C4516

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

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