#4D4A11#4D4A11

#4D4A11 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.075 H 106.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4A11
RGB	rgb(77, 74, 17)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 77.9%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.68, -6.52, 32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.68, 33.26, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% -0.0212 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.075 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6107, 6.5160, 1.4924)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4A11 #11144D

analogous

#4D2C11 #4D4A11 #324D11

triadic

#4D4A11 #114D4A #4A114D

tetradic

#4D4A11 #114D2C #11144D #4D1132

square

#4D4A11 #114D2C #11144D #4D1132

split-complementary

#4D4A11 #11324D #2C114D

monochromatic

#191806 #1B1A06 #4D4A11 #7F7A1C #B1AA27

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#4D4A11 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4D4A11 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4A11

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4A11	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4A11	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524915

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53453F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4a11;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 74, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.075 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817c53',
    500: '#4d4a11',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4a11;
$custom-light: #817c53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4a11",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40017,
    "c": 0.07545,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4A11

secondary

#333886

accent

#49E741

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE7

border

#CAC9C3

text

#0B0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4A11

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

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