#4B3D09#4B3D09

#4B3D09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.069 H 92.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B3D09
RGB	rgb(75, 61, 9)
HSL	hsl(47, 79%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(47, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 88%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.31, 0.09, 31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.31, 31.75, 89.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.48% -0.0033 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(36.48% 0.069 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6200, 4.8533, 0.9518)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B3D09 #09174B

analogous

#4B1C09 #4B3D09 #384B09

triadic

#4B3D09 #094B3D #3D094B

tetradic

#4B3D09 #094B1C #09174B #4B0938

square

#4B3D09 #094B1C #09174B #4B0938

split-complementary

#4B3D09 #09384B #1C094B

monochromatic

#1B1603 #1B1603 #4B3D09 #826910 #B89616

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#4B3D09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4B3D09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B3D09

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B3D09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B3D09	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453C01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48400C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523733

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b3d09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 61, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.069 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80724d',
    500: '#4b3d09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b3d09;
$custom-light: #80724d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b3d09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36484,
    "c": 0.06891,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B3D09

secondary

#283C88

accent

#5CF533

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFECE7

border

#CAC7C3

text

#0B0701

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B3D09

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

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