#4B420F#4B420F

#4B420F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.069 H 98.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B420F
RGB	rgb(75, 66, 15)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 80%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.92, -2.75, 30.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.92, 30.85, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% -0.0107 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.069 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9363, 5.4270, 1.2394)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B420F #0F184B

analogous

#4B240F #4B420F #364B0F

triadic

#4B420F #0F4B42 #420F4B

tetradic

#4B420F #0F4B24 #0F184B #4B0F36

square

#4B420F #0F4B24 #0F184B #4B0F36

split-complementary

#4B420F #0F364B #240F4B

monochromatic

#1A1605 #1A1605 #4B420F #7E6F19 #B19C23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#4B420F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4B420F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B420F

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B420F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B420F	1.00	10.07	2.09	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494007

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4312

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b420f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 66, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.069 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807651',
    500: '#4b420f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b420f;
$custom-light: #807651;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b420f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37768,
    "c": 0.06892,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B420F

secondary

#303D85

accent

#58EA3E

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B420F

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

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