#4D490C#4D490C

#4D490C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.078 H 105.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D490C
RGB	rgb(77, 73, 12)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(56, 84%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 84.4%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, -6.17, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 34.87, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(39.73% -0.0208 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(39.73% 0.078 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5097, 6.3696, 1.2870)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D490C #0C104D

analogous

#4D290C #4D490C #304D0C

triadic

#4D490C #0C4D49 #490C4D

tetradic

#4D490C #0C4D29 #0C104D #4D0C30

square

#4D490C #0C4D29 #0C104D #4D0C30

split-complementary

#4D490C #0C304D #290C4D

monochromatic

#1A1904 #1A1904 #4D490C #827B14 #B7AD1D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#4D490C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4D490C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D490C

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D490C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D490C	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524911

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d490c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 73, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.078 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817b51',
    500: '#4d490c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d490c;
$custom-light: #817b51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d490c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 73.034,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39725,
    "c": 0.07777,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D490C

secondary

#2C3289

accent

#43F038

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D490C

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

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