#4D4517#4D4517

#4D4517 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.065 H 99.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4517
RGB	rgb(77, 69, 23)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 70.1%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.15, -3.06, 28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.15, 28.35, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.82% -0.0107 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(38.82% 0.065 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3436, 5.8961, 1.6670)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4517 #171F4D

analogous

#4D2A17 #4D4517 #3A4D17

triadic

#4D4517 #174D45 #45174D

tetradic

#4D4517 #174D2A #171F4D #4D173A

square

#4D4517 #174D2A #171F4D #4D173A

split-complementary

#4D4517 #173A4D #2A174D

monochromatic

#181507 #1E1B09 #4D4517 #7C6F25 #AB9933

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#4D4517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4D4517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4517

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4517	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)

#4C4312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 69, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.065 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817856',
    500: '#4d4517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4517;
$custom-light: #817856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38817,
    "c": 0.06507,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4517

secondary

#3C4684

accent

#60DD4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4517

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

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