#4B3E09#4B3E09

#4B3E09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.070 H 94.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B3E09
RGB	rgb(75, 62, 9)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(48, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 88%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.62, -0.54, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.62, 32.04, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(36.73% -0.0051 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(36.73% 0.07 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6738, 4.9611, 0.9698)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B3E09 #09164B

analogous

#4B1D09 #4B3E09 #374B09

triadic

#4B3E09 #094B3E #3E094B

tetradic

#4B3E09 #094B1D #09164B #4B0937

square

#4B3E09 #094B1D #09164B #4B0937

split-complementary

#4B3E09 #09374B #1D094B

monochromatic

#1B1703 #1B1703 #4B3E09 #826B10 #B89816

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#4B3E09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4B3E09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B3E09

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B3E09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B3E09	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463D01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49410D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523834

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b3e09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 62, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.070 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80724e',
    500: '#4b3e09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b3e09;
$custom-light: #80724e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b3e09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3673,
    "c": 0.06962,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B3E09

secondary

#283B88

accent

#59F533

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFECE7

border

#CAC7C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B3E09

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

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