#4D5515#4D5515

#4D5515 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.086 H 116.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D5515
RGB	rgb(77, 85, 21)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 75.3%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.25, -12.71, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.25, 36.68, 110.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% -0.0381 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.086 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4446, 8.1290, 1.9389)
Luminance	0.0813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D5515 #1D1555

analogous

#553D15 #4D5515 #2D5515

triadic

#4D5515 #154D55 #55154D

tetradic

#4D5515 #15553D #1D1555 #55152D

square

#4D5515 #15553D #1D1555 #55152D

split-complementary

#4D5515 #152D55 #3D1555

monochromatic

#161906 #212409 #4D5515 #798621 #A6B72D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#4D5515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4D5515 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D5515

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D5515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D5515	1.00	8.00	2.63	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B500B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#525048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d5515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 85, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.086 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818457',
    500: '#4d5515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d5515;
$custom-light: #818457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d5515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42883,
    "c": 0.08587,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D5515

secondary

#44398D

accent

#44E458

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0B0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D5515

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

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