#4B400E#4B400E

#4B400E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.068 H 96.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B400E
RGB	rgb(75, 64, 14)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 81.3%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.28, -1.56, 30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.28, 30.60, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.26% -0.0074 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(37.26% 0.068 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.8146, 5.1946, 1.1644)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B400E #0E194B

analogous

#4B210E #4B400E #384B0E

triadic

#4B400E #0E4B40 #400E4B

tetradic

#4B400E #0E4B21 #0E194B #4B0E38

square

#4B400E #0E4B21 #0E194B #4B0E38

split-complementary

#4B400E #0E384B #210E4B

monochromatic

#1A1605 #1A1605 #4B400E #7F6C18 #B29821

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#4B400E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4B400E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B400E

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B400E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B400E	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b400e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 64, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.068 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807450',
    500: '#4b400e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b400e;
$custom-light: #807450;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b400e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 68.539,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37262,
    "c": 0.0679,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B400E

secondary

#2F3F86

accent

#5CEB3C

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B400E

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

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