#4D4515#4D4515

#4D4515 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.067 H 99.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4515
RGB	rgb(77, 69, 21)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 72.7%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.13, -3.21, 29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.13, 29.35, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% -0.0114 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.067 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.3243, 5.8884, 1.5654)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4515 #151D4D

analogous

#4D2915 #4D4515 #394D15

triadic

#4D4515 #154D45 #45154D

tetradic

#4D4515 #154D29 #151D4D #4D1539

square

#4D4515 #154D29 #151D4D #4D1539

split-complementary

#4D4515 #15394D #29154D

monochromatic

#181607 #1D1A08 #4D4515 #7D7022 #AD9B2F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#4D4515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4D4515 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4515

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4515	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C430F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 69, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.067 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817855',
    500: '#4d4515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4515;
$custom-light: #817855;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38795,
    "c": 0.06691,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4515

secondary

#394485

accent

#5DE047

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4515

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

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