#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
RGB	rgb(75, 66, 9)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(52, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 88%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.88, -3.05, 33.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.88, 33.29, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(37.72% -0.0122 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(37.72% 0.073 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8994, 5.4123, 1.0450)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##4B4209	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4B4209

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

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