#4D4513#4D4513

#4D4513 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.069 H 100.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4513
RGB	rgb(77, 69, 19)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 75.3%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.11, -3.34, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.11, 30.32, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(38.78% -0.012 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(38.78% 0.069 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.3065, 5.8813, 1.4717)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4513 #131B4D

analogous

#4D2813 #4D4513 #384D13

triadic

#4D4513 #134D45 #45134D

tetradic

#4D4513 #134D28 #131B4D #4D1338

square

#4D4513 #134D28 #131B4D #4D1338

split-complementary

#4D4513 #13384D #28134D

monochromatic

#191606 #1C1907 #4D4513 #7E711F #AF9D2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#4D4513 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4D4513 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4513

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4513	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4513	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C430C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4616

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4513;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 69, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.069 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817854',
    500: '#4d4513',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4513;
$custom-light: #817854;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4513",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38775,
    "c": 0.06864,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4513

secondary

#364186

accent

#5AE444

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE8

border

#CAC8C4

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4513

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

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