#4B4009#4B4009

#4B4009 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.071 H 97.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4B4009
RGBrgb(75, 64, 9)
HSLhsl(50, 79%, 16%)
HSVhsv(50, 88%, 29%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.7%, 88%, 70.6%)
CIE-LABlab(27.25, -1.80, 32.59)
CIE-LCHlch(27.25, 32.64, 93.16°)
OKLaboklab(37.23% -0.0087 0.0706)
OKLCHoklch(37.23% 0.071 97)
XYZxyz(4.7846, 5.1826, 1.0067)
Luminance0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4B4009 #09144B
analogous
#4B1F09 #4B4009 #354B09
triadic
#4B4009 #094B40 #40094B
tetradic
#4B4009 #094B1F #09144B #4B0935
square
#4B4009 #094B1F #09144B #4B0935
split-complementary
#4B4009 #09354B #1F094B
monochromatic
#1B1703 #1B1703 #4B4009 #826F10 #B89D16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31
#4B4009 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04
#4B4009 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4009
10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4B4009#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##4B40091.0010.312.0410.31
#FFFFFF10.311.0021.001.00
#0000002.0421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.311.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#483E00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4A420D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#523A36
Achromatopsia (no color)
#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4b4009;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 64, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.071 97.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80744e',
    500: '#4b4009',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4b4009;
$custom-light: #80744e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4b4009",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37225,
    "c": 0.07117,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.05182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4B4009
secondary
#283888
accent
#53F533
background
#F8F7F4
surface
#EFEDE7
border
#CAC8C3
text
#0B0802
muted
#7C7B78

Preview Lab

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#4B4009 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva