#4B4109#4B4109

#4B4109 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.072 H 98.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4109
RGB	rgb(75, 65, 9)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(51, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 88%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.56, -2.43, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.56, 32.96, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(37.47% -0.0105 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(37.47% 0.072 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.8415, 5.2964, 1.0257)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4109 #09134B

analogous

#4B2009 #4B4109 #344B09

triadic

#4B4109 #094B41 #41094B

tetradic

#4B4109 #094B20 #09134B #4B0934

square

#4B4109 #094B20 #09134B #4B0934

split-complementary

#4B4109 #09344B #20094B

monochromatic

#1B1803 #1B1803 #4B4109 #827010 #B8A016

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#4B4109 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4B4109 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4109

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4109	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4109	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#493F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B430D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523B37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4109;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 65, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.072 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80754e',
    500: '#4b4109',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4109;
$custom-light: #80754e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4109",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37474,
    "c": 0.072,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4109

secondary

#283688

accent

#50F533

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4109

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

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