#4D491D#4D491D

#4D491D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.063 H 104.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D491D
RGB	rgb(77, 73, 29)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 62.3%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, -5.02, 26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 26.93, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(39.89% -0.0154 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(39.89% 0.063 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.6651, 6.4318, 2.1052)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D491D #1D214D

analogous

#4D311D #4D491D #394D1D

triadic

#4D491D #1D4D49 #491D4D

tetradic

#4D491D #1D4D31 #1D214D #4D1D39

square

#4D491D #1D4D31 #1D214D #4D1D39

split-complementary

#4D491D #1D394D #311D4D

monochromatic

#161508 #211F0C #4D491D #79732E #A69D3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4D491D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4D491D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D491D

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D491D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D491D	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51491F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d491d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 73, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.063 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807b5b',
    500: '#4d491d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d491d;
$custom-light: #807b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d491d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 45.283,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39893,
    "c": 0.06335,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D491D

secondary

#444982

accent

#5ED553

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D491D

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

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