#4D501F#4D501F

#4D501F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.070 H 112.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D501F
RGB	rgb(77, 80, 31)
HSL	hsl(64, 44%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 61.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.73, -9.03, 27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.73, 29.35, 107.92°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% -0.0266 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.07 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1767, 7.4142, 2.4018)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D501F #221F50

analogous

#503B1F #4D501F #35501F

triadic

#4D501F #1F4D50 #501F4D

tetradic

#4D501F #1F503B #221F50 #501F35

square

#4D501F #1F503B #221F50 #501F35

split-complementary

#4D501F #1F3550 #3B1F50

monochromatic

#151609 #23240E #4D501F #777C30 #A2A841

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#4D501F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4D501F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D501F

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D501F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D501F	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)

#564C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#524B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d501f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 80, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.070 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80815d',
    500: '#4d501f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d501f;
$custom-light: #80815d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d501f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.673,
    "s": 44.144,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41697,
    "c": 0.07011,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D501F

secondary

#4A4685

accent

#54D45C

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D501F

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

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