#4D490E#4D490E

#4D490E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.076 H 105.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D490E
RGB	rgb(77, 73, 14)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 81.8%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.34, -6.08, 33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.34, 34.09, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.74% -0.0203 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(39.74% 0.076 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.5226, 6.3748, 1.3549)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D490E #0E124D

analogous

#4D290E #4D490E #324D0E

triadic

#4D490E #0E4D49 #490E4D

tetradic

#4D490E #0E4D29 #0E124D #4D0E32

square

#4D490E #0E4D29 #0E124D #4D0E32

split-complementary

#4D490E #0E324D #290E4D

monochromatic

#1A1905 #1A1905 #4D490E #817A17 #B5AB21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#4D490E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4D490E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D490E

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D490E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D490E	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524912

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d490e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 73, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.076 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817b52',
    500: '#4d490e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d490e;
$custom-light: #817b52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d490e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39739,
    "c": 0.07649,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D490E

secondary

#2F3588

accent

#47EC3C

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D490E

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

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