#4D4418#4D4418

#4D4418 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.063 H 97.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4418
RGB	rgb(77, 68, 24)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 68.8%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, -2.37, 27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 27.43, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(38.58% -0.0085 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(38.58% 0.063 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2928, 5.7782, 1.7005)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4418 #18214D

analogous

#4D2918 #4D4418 #3C4D18

triadic

#4D4418 #184D44 #44184D

tetradic

#4D4418 #184D29 #18214D #4D183C

square

#4D4418 #184D29 #18214D #4D183C

split-complementary

#4D4418 #183C4D #29184D

monochromatic

#171507 #1E1B09 #4D4418 #7C6D27 #AA9635

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#4D4418 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4D4418 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4418

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4418	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4418	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4213

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D451A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4418;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 68, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.063 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817757',
    500: '#4d4418',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4418;
$custom-light: #817757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4418",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 52.475,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38581,
    "c": 0.06313,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4418

secondary

#3D4984

accent

#64DC4C

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4418

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

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