#4D4717#4D4717

#4D4717 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.067 H 102.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4717
RGB	rgb(77, 71, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 70.1%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.78, -4.29, 28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.78, 29.17, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% -0.0142 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.067 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.4687, 6.1463, 1.7087)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4717 #171D4D

analogous

#4D2C17 #4D4717 #384D17

triadic

#4D4717 #174D47 #47174D

tetradic

#4D4717 #174D2C #171D4D #4D1738

square

#4D4717 #174D2C #171D4D #4D1738

split-complementary

#4D4717 #17384D #2C174D

monochromatic

#181607 #1E1C09 #4D4717 #7C7225 #AB9E33

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#4D4717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4D4717 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4717

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4717	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50471A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53423D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 71, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.067 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817a57',
    500: '#4d4717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4717;
$custom-light: #817a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39317,
    "c": 0.06713,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4717

secondary

#3C4484

accent

#5BDD4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4717

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

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