#4D551D#4D551D

#4D551D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.079 H 116.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D551D
RGB	rgb(77, 85, 29)
HSL	hsl(69, 49%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(69, 66%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 65.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.32, -12.11, 30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.32, 33.03, 111.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.96% -0.0355 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(42.96% 0.079 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5310, 8.1636, 2.3938)
Luminance	0.0816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D551D #251D55

analogous

#55411D #4D551D #31551D

triadic

#4D551D #1D4D55 #551D4D

tetradic

#4D551D #1D5541 #251D55 #551D31

square

#4D551D #1D5541 #251D55 #551D31

split-complementary

#4D551D #1D3155 #411D55

monochromatic

#151708 #24270D #4D551D #76832D #A0B03C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#4D551D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#4D551D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D551D

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D551D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D551D	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)

#5B5016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#525049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d551d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 85, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.079 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80845c',
    500: '#4d551d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d551d;
$custom-light: #80845c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d551d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42963,
    "c": 0.07899,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D551D

secondary

#4E448A

accent

#4FD963

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0A0B04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D551D

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

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