#4D440E#4D440E

#4D440E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.072 H 99.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D440E
RGB	rgb(77, 68, 14)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(51, 82%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 81.8%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.76, -3.02, 32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.76, 32.19, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% -0.0117 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.072 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2072, 5.7440, 1.2498)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D440E #0E174D

analogous

#4D250E #4D440E #364D0E

triadic

#4D440E #0E4D44 #440E4D

tetradic

#4D440E #0E4D25 #0E174D #4D0E36

square

#4D440E #0E4D25 #0E174D #4D0E36

split-complementary

#4D440E #0E364D #250E4D

monochromatic

#1A1705 #1A1705 #4D440E #817217 #B59F21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#4D440E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4D440E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D440E

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D440E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D440E	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4205

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4512

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d440e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 68, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.072 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817751',
    500: '#4d440e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d440e;
$custom-light: #817751;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d440e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38482,
    "c": 0.07152,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D440E

secondary

#2F3C88

accent

#55EC3C

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D440E

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

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