#4D4311#4D4311

#4D4311 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.068 H 97.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4311
RGB	rgb(77, 67, 17)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 77.9%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.47, -2.23, 30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.47, 30.51, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% -0.0091 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.068 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1691, 5.6328, 1.3452)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4311 #111B4D

analogous

#4D2511 #4D4311 #394D11

triadic

#4D4311 #114D43 #43114D

tetradic

#4D4311 #114D25 #111B4D #4D1139

square

#4D4311 #114D25 #111B4D #4D1139

split-complementary

#4D4311 #11394D #25114D

monochromatic

#191606 #1B1706 #4D4311 #7F6F1C #B19A27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4D4311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4D4311 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4311

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4311	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A410A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4514

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 67, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.068 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817653',
    500: '#4d4311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4311;
$custom-light: #817653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38259,
    "c": 0.0684,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4311

secondary

#334186

accent

#5DE741

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4311

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

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