#4D420E#4D420E

#4D420E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.070 H 96.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D420E
RGB	rgb(77, 66, 14)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 81.8%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.13, -1.78, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.13, 31.50, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% -0.0082 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.07 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0883, 5.5062, 1.2102)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D420E #0E194D

analogous

#4D220E #4D420E #384D0E

triadic

#4D420E #0E4D42 #420E4D

tetradic

#4D420E #0E4D22 #0E194D #4D0E38

square

#4D420E #0E4D22 #0E194D #4D0E38

split-complementary

#4D420E #0E384D #220E4D

monochromatic

#1A1605 #1A1605 #4D420E #816E17 #B59B21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#4D420E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4D420E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D420E

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D420E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D420E	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4411

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d420e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 66, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.070 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817651',
    500: '#4d420e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d420e;
$custom-light: #817651;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d420e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37986,
    "c": 0.06977,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D420E

secondary

#2F3F88

accent

#5BEC3C

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D420E

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

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