#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
RGB	rgb(75, 64, 9)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(50, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 88%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, -1.80, 32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 32.64, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(37.23% -0.0087 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(37.23% 0.071 97)
XYZ	xyz(4.7846, 5.1826, 1.0067)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##4B4009	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4B4009

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

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