#4D440C#4D440C

#4D440C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.073 H 99.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D440C
RGB	rgb(77, 68, 12)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(52, 84%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 84.4%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, -3.12, 32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 33.01, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.47% -0.0122 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(38.47% 0.073 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1943, 5.7388, 1.1819)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D440C #0C154D

analogous

#4D230C #4D440C #364D0C

triadic

#4D440C #0C4D44 #440C4D

tetradic

#4D440C #0C4D23 #0C154D #4D0C36

square

#4D440C #0C4D23 #0C154D #4D0C36

split-complementary

#4D440C #0C364D #230C4D

monochromatic

#1A1704 #1A1704 #4D440C #827314 #B7A21D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#4D440C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4D440C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D440C

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D440C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D440C	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4203

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4510

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d440c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 68, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.073 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827750',
    500: '#4d440c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d440c;
$custom-light: #827750;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d440c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 73.034,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38467,
    "c": 0.07286,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D440C

secondary

#2C3989

accent

#52F038

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D440C

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

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