#4C550E#4C550E

#4C550E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.091 H 116.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C550E
RGB	rgb(76, 85, 14)
HSL	hsl(68, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(68, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.12, -13.59, 37.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.12, 39.44, 110.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.74% -0.0412 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(42.74% 0.091 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3084, 8.0653, 1.6398)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C550E #170E55

analogous

#553B0E #4C550E #29550E

triadic

#4C550E #0E4C55 #550E4C

tetradic

#4C550E #0E553B #170E55 #550E29

square

#4C550E #0E553B #170E55 #550E29

split-complementary

#4C550E #0E2955 #3B0E55

monochromatic

#171A04 #1D2005 #4C550E #7B8A17 #AABE1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#4C550E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4C550E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C550E

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C550E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C550E	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5115

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#515048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c550e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 85, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.091 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818454',
    500: '#4c550e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c550e;
$custom-light: #818454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c550e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.606,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42741,
    "c": 0.09099,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C550E

secondary

#3C308F

accent

#39EE50

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE8

border

#CACAC4

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C550E

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

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