#4D551C#4D551C

#4D551C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.080 H 116.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D551C
RGB	rgb(77, 85, 28)
HSL	hsl(68, 50%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 67.1%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.31, -12.19, 31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.31, 33.52, 111.33°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% -0.0358 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.08 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5188, 8.1587, 2.3298)
Luminance	0.0816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D551C #241C55

analogous

#55411C #4D551C #31551C

triadic

#4D551C #1C4D55 #551C4D

tetradic

#4D551C #1C5541 #241C55 #551C31

square

#4D551C #1C5541 #241C55 #551C31

split-complementary

#4D551C #1C3155 #411C55

monochromatic

#151708 #23270D #4D551C #77832B #A0B13A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#4D551C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4D551C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D551C

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D551C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D551C	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)

#5B5015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#525049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d551c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 85, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.080 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81845b',
    500: '#4d551c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d551c;
$custom-light: #81845b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d551c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.421,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42952,
    "c": 0.07994,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D551C

secondary

#4C428B

accent

#4EDA62

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0A0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D551C

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

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