#4D440F#4D440F

#4D440F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.071 H 99.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D440F
RGB	rgb(77, 68, 15)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 80.5%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.76, -2.97, 31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.76, 31.77, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(38.49% -0.0114 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(38.49% 0.071 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2142, 5.7468, 1.2864)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D440F #0F184D

analogous

#4D250F #4D440F #374D0F

triadic

#4D440F #0F4D44 #440F4D

tetradic

#4D440F #0F4D25 #0F184D #4D0F37

square

#4D440F #0F4D25 #0F184D #4D0F37

split-complementary

#4D440F #0F374D #250F4D

monochromatic

#1A1705 #1A1705 #4D440F #807119 #B39E23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#4D440F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4D440F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D440F

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D440F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D440F	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)

#4B4206

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4512

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d440f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 68, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.071 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817752',
    500: '#4d440f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d440f;
$custom-light: #817752;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d440f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3849,
    "c": 0.07081,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D440F

secondary

#313D87

accent

#57EA3E

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D440F

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

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