#4B4209#4B4209

#4B4209 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.073 H 99.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4B4209
RGBrgb(75, 66, 9)
HSLhsl(52, 79%, 16%)
HSVhsv(52, 88%, 29%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12%, 88%, 70.6%)
CIE-LABlab(27.88, -3.05, 33.15)
CIE-LCHlch(27.88, 33.29, 95.26°)
OKLaboklab(37.72% -0.0122 0.0718)
OKLCHoklch(37.72% 0.073 99.7)
XYZxyz(4.8994, 5.4123, 1.0450)
Luminance0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4B4209 #09124B
analogous
#4B2109 #4B4209 #334B09
triadic
#4B4209 #094B42 #42094B
tetradic
#4B4209 #094B21 #09124B #4B0933
square
#4B4209 #094B21 #09124B #4B0933
split-complementary
#4B4209 #09334B #21094B
monochromatic
#1B1803 #1B1803 #4B4209 #827210 #B8A216

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08
#4B4209 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08
#4B4209 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4209
10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4B4209#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##4B42091.0010.082.0810.08
#FFFFFF10.081.0021.001.00
#0000002.0821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.081.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#494000
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4C430D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#523C37
Achromatopsia (no color)
#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4b4209;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 66, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.073 99.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80764e',
    500: '#4b4209',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4b4209;
$custom-light: #80764e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4b4209",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37724,
    "c": 0.07287,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4B4209
secondary
#283588
accent
#4DF533
background
#F8F7F4
surface
#EFEDE7
border
#CAC8C3
text
#0B0802
muted
#7C7B78

Preview Lab

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#4B4209 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva