#4F4711#4F4711

#4F4711 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.072 H 100.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F4711
RGB	rgb(79, 71, 17)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 78.5%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.93, -3.68, 31.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.93, 32.17, 96.57°)
OKLab	oklab(39.47% -0.0133 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(39.47% 0.072 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.5791, 6.2095, 1.4349)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F4711 #11194F

analogous

#4F2811 #4F4711 #384F11

triadic

#4F4711 #114F47 #47114F

tetradic

#4F4711 #114F28 #11194F #4F1138

square

#4F4711 #114F28 #11194F #4F1138

split-complementary

#4F4711 #11384F #28114F

monochromatic

#191705 #1D1A06 #4F4711 #81741C #B4A227

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4F4711 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4F4711 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F4711

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F4711	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F4711	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514814

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56413C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f4711;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 71, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.072 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837953',
    500: '#4f4711',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f4711;
$custom-light: #837953;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f4711",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39474,
    "c": 0.07217,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F4711

secondary

#333E88

accent

#56E840

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F4711

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

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