#4D501E#4D501E

#4D501E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.071 H 112.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D501E
RGB	rgb(77, 80, 30)
HSL	hsl(64, 45%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 62.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, -9.12, 28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 29.87, 107.78°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% -0.027 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.071 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1637, 7.4090, 2.3334)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D501E #211E50

analogous

#503A1E #4D501E #34501E

triadic

#4D501E #1E4D50 #501E4D

tetradic

#4D501E #1E503A #211E50 #501E34

square

#4D501E #1E503A #211E50 #501E34

split-complementary

#4D501E #1E3450 #3A1E50

monochromatic

#151608 #22230D #4D501E #787D2F #A3A93F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#4D501E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4D501E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D501E

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D501E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D501E	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564E21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d501e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 80, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.071 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80815c',
    500: '#4d501e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d501e;
$custom-light: #80815c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d501e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.6,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41685,
    "c": 0.07116,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D501E

secondary

#494585

accent

#53D55A

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D501E

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

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