#4D501D#4D501D

#4D501D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.072 H 112.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D501D
RGB	rgb(77, 80, 29)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 63.7%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.71, -9.21, 28.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.71, 30.39, 107.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.67% -0.0273 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(41.67% 0.072 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1511, 7.4039, 2.2672)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D501D #201D50

analogous

#503A1D #4D501D #34501D

triadic

#4D501D #1D4D50 #501D4D

tetradic

#4D501D #1D503A #201D50 #501D34

square

#4D501D #1D503A #201D50 #501D34

split-complementary

#4D501D #1D3450 #3A1D50

monochromatic

#161608 #22230D #4D501D #787D2D #A3AA3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#4D501D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4D501D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D501D

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D501D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D501D	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564E20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d501d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 80, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.072 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80815b',
    500: '#4d501d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d501d;
$custom-light: #80815b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d501d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 46.789,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41672,
    "c": 0.07218,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D501D

secondary

#474485

accent

#51D659

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D501D

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

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