#4D551B#4D551B

#4D551B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.081 H 116.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D551B
RGB	rgb(77, 85, 27)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 68.2%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.30, -12.27, 31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.30, 33.99, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% -0.0362 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.081 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5070, 8.1540, 2.2678)
Luminance	0.0815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D551B #231B55

analogous

#55401B #4D551B #30551B

triadic

#4D551B #1B4D55 #551B4D

tetradic

#4D551B #1B5540 #231B55 #551B30

square

#4D551B #1B5540 #231B55 #551B30

split-complementary

#4D551B #1B3055 #401B55

monochromatic

#151707 #23270C #4D551B #77832A #A1B239

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#4D551B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4D551B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D551B

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D551B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D551B	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#525049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d551b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 85, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.081 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81845a',
    500: '#4d551b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d551b;
$custom-light: #81845a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d551b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42941,
    "c": 0.08086,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D551B

secondary

#4B418B

accent

#4DDB60

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0A0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D551B

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

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