#4D4C16#4D4C16

#4D4C16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.074 H 108.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4C16
RGB	rgb(77, 76, 22)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 71.4%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.36, -7.39, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.36, 31.88, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.57% -0.0231 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(40.57% 0.074 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.7900, 6.8048, 1.7674)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4C16 #16174D

analogous

#4D3116 #4D4C16 #334D16

triadic

#4D4C16 #164D4C #4C164D

tetradic

#4D4C16 #164D31 #16174D #4D1633

square

#4D4C16 #164D31 #16174D #4D1633

split-complementary

#4D4C16 #16334D #31164D

monochromatic

#181707 #1D1D08 #4D4C16 #7D7B24 #ACAA31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#4D4C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4D4C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4C16

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4C16	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53490F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 76, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.074 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817d57',
    500: '#4d4c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4c16;
$custom-light: #817d57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40571,
    "c": 0.07371,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4C16

secondary

#3A3C85

accent

#4CDF49

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4C16

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

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