#4B420E#4B420E

#4B420E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.070 H 99.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B420E
RGB	rgb(75, 66, 14)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(51, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 81.3%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.91, -2.81, 31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.91, 31.29, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.76% -0.011 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(37.76% 0.07 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.9294, 5.4242, 1.2027)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B420E #0E174B

analogous

#4B240E #4B420E #354B0E

triadic

#4B420E #0E4B42 #420E4B

tetradic

#4B420E #0E4B24 #0E174B #4B0E35

square

#4B420E #0E4B24 #0E174B #4B0E35

split-complementary

#4B420E #0E354B #240E4B

monochromatic

#1A1705 #1A1705 #4B420E #7F6F18 #B29D21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#4B420E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4B420E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B420E

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B420E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B420E	1.00	10.07	2.08	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4311

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b420e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 66, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.070 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807651',
    500: '#4b420e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b420e;
$custom-light: #807651;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b420e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 68.539,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37759,
    "c": 0.06964,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B420E

secondary

#2F3C86

accent

#56EB3C

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B420E

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

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