#4D4E09#4D4E09

#4D4E09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.085 H 110.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D4E09
RGB	rgb(77, 78, 9)
HSL	hsl(61, 79%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(61, 88%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 88.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.91, -9.28, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.91, 37.92, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% -0.0297 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.085 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8345, 7.0465, 1.3112)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D4E09 #0A094E

analogous

#4E2D09 #4D4E09 #2A4E09

triadic

#4D4E09 #094D4E #4E094D

tetradic

#4D4E09 #094E2D #0A094E #4E092A

square

#4D4E09 #094E2D #0A094E #4E092A

split-complementary

#4D4E09 #092A4E #2D094E

monochromatic

#1B1B03 #1B1B03 #4D4E09 #83850F #B9BC16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#4D4E09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4D4E09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D4E09

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D4E09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D4E09	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564C10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d4e09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 78, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.085 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827f50',
    500: '#4d4e09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d4e09;
$custom-light: #827f50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d4e09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40986,
    "c": 0.08491,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D4E09

secondary

#29288B

accent

#32F635

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE7

border

#CAC9C3

text

#0B0A02

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D4E09

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

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