#4D4411#4D4411

#4D4411 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.069 H 99.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4411
RGB	rgb(77, 68, 17)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 77.9%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.78, -2.85, 30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.78, 30.88, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(38.51% -0.0108 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(38.51% 0.069 99)
XYZ	xyz(5.2291, 5.7527, 1.3652)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4411 #111A4D

analogous

#4D2611 #4D4411 #384D11

triadic

#4D4411 #114D44 #44114D

tetradic

#4D4411 #114D26 #111A4D #4D1138

square

#4D4411 #114D26 #111A4D #4D1138

split-complementary

#4D4411 #11384D #26114D

monochromatic

#191606 #1B1806 #4D4411 #7F701C #B19D27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#4D4411 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4D4411 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4411

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4411	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4411	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)

#4B4209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4514

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4411;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 68, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.069 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817753',
    500: '#4d4411',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4411;
$custom-light: #817753;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4411",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38507,
    "c": 0.0693,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.05752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4411

secondary

#334086

accent

#5AE741

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4411

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

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