#4D4317#4D4317

#4D4317 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.063 H 96.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4317
RGB	rgb(77, 67, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 70.1%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.52, -1.82, 27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.52, 27.57, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% -0.0071 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.063 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2226, 5.6542, 1.6267)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4317 #17214D

analogous

#4D2817 #4D4317 #3C4D17

triadic

#4D4317 #174D43 #43174D

tetradic

#4D4317 #174D28 #17214D #4D173C

square

#4D4317 #174D28 #17214D #4D173C

split-complementary

#4D4317 #173C4D #28174D

monochromatic

#181507 #1E1A09 #4D4317 #7C6C25 #AB9533

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4D4317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4D4317 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4317

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4317	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 67, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.063 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817656',
    500: '#4d4317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4317;
$custom-light: #817656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38321,
    "c": 0.06316,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4317

secondary

#3C4984

accent

#66DD4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4317

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

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