#4B420D#4B420D

#4B420D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.070 H 99.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B420D
RGB	rgb(75, 66, 13)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 82.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.90, -2.86, 31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.90, 31.72, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.75% -0.0112 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(37.75% 0.07 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.9228, 5.4216, 1.1679)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B420D #0D164B

analogous

#4B230D #4B420D #354B0D

triadic

#4B420D #0D4B42 #420D4B

tetradic

#4B420D #0D4B23 #0D164B #4B0D35

square

#4B420D #0D4B23 #0D164B #4B0D35

split-complementary

#4B420D #0D354B #230D4B

monochromatic

#1A1705 #1A1705 #4B420D #7F7016 #B39E1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#4B420D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4B420D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B420D

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B420D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B420D	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)

#494004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4311

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b420d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 66, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.070 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807650',
    500: '#4b420d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b420d;
$custom-light: #807650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b420d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 70.455,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37752,
    "c": 0.07035,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B420D

secondary

#2E3A86

accent

#55ED3B

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B420D

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

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