#4B420C#4B420C

#4B420C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.071 H 99.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B420C
RGB	rgb(75, 66, 12)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(51, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 84%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.90, -2.91, 32.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.90, 32.13, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(37.74% -0.0115 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(37.74% 0.071 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.9165, 5.4191, 1.1348)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B420C #0C154B

analogous

#4B230C #4B420C #354B0C

triadic

#4B420C #0C4B42 #420C4B

tetradic

#4B420C #0C4B23 #0C154B #4B0C35

square

#4B420C #0C4B23 #0C154B #4B0C35

split-complementary

#4B420C #0C354B #230C4B

monochromatic

#1A1704 #1A1704 #4B420C #807014 #B59F1D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#4B420C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4B420C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B420C

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B420C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B420C	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)

#494003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4310

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b420c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 66, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.071 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807650',
    500: '#4b420c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b420c;
$custom-light: #807650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b420c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37744,
    "c": 0.07102,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B420C

secondary

#2C3987

accent

#53EF39

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B420C

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

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