#4D4816#4D4816

#4D4816 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.069 H 103.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4816
RGB	rgb(77, 72, 22)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 71.4%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.09, -4.98, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.09, 30.10, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.56% -0.0162 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(39.56% 0.069 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.5230, 6.2706, 1.6783)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4816 #161B4D

analogous

#4D2D16 #4D4816 #374D16

triadic

#4D4816 #164D48 #48164D

tetradic

#4D4816 #164D2D #161B4D #4D1637

square

#4D4816 #164D2D #161B4D #4D1637

split-complementary

#4D4816 #16374D #2D164D

monochromatic

#181607 #1D1B08 #4D4816 #7D7524 #ACA131

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#4D4816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4D4816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4816

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4816	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504819

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 72, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.069 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817a56',
    500: '#4d4816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4816;
$custom-light: #817a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39558,
    "c": 0.06913,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4816

secondary

#3A4185

accent

#57DF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4816

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

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