#4F4517#4F4517

#4F4517 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.065 H 97.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F4517
RGB	rgb(79, 69, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 70.9%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.36, -2.05, 28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.36, 28.55, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(39.04% -0.0079 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(39.04% 0.065 97)
XYZ	xyz(5.5075, 5.9806, 1.6747)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F4517 #17214F

analogous

#4F2917 #4F4517 #3D4F17

triadic

#4F4517 #174F45 #45174F

tetradic

#4F4517 #174F29 #17214F #4F173D

square

#4F4517 #174F29 #17214F #4F173D

split-complementary

#4F4517 #173D4F #29174F

monochromatic

#181507 #201C09 #4F4517 #7E6E25 #AE9833

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#4F4517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4F4517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F4517

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F4517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F4517	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f4517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 69, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.065 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827856',
    500: '#4f4517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f4517;
$custom-light: #827856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f4517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39038,
    "c": 0.06523,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.0598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F4517

secondary

#3C4986

accent

#64DE4A

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F4517

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

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