#4B4309#4B4309

#4B4309 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.074 H 100.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4309
RGB	rgb(75, 67, 9)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(53, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 88%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.19, -3.67, 33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.19, 33.63, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% -0.014 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.074 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9584, 5.5301, 1.0646)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4309 #09114B

analogous

#4B2209 #4B4309 #324B09

triadic

#4B4309 #094B43 #43094B

tetradic

#4B4309 #094B22 #09114B #4B0932

square

#4B4309 #094B22 #09114B #4B0932

split-complementary

#4B4309 #09324B #22094B

monochromatic

#1B1803 #1B1803 #4B4309 #827410 #B8A516

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#4B4309 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4B4309 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4309

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4309	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4309	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D440E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4309;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 67, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.074 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80764e',
    500: '#4b4309',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4309;
$custom-light: #80764e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4309",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37975,
    "c": 0.07378,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4309

secondary

#283388

accent

#4AF533

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4309

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

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