#4B4409#4B4409

#4B4409 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.075 H 102.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4409
RGB	rgb(75, 68, 9)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(54, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 88%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.51, -4.29, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.51, 33.98, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.23% -0.0157 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(38.23% 0.075 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.0183, 5.6501, 1.0846)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4409 #09104B

analogous

#4B2309 #4B4409 #314B09

triadic

#4B4409 #094B44 #44094B

tetradic

#4B4409 #094B23 #09104B #4B0931

square

#4B4409 #094B23 #09104B #4B0931

split-complementary

#4B4409 #09314B #23094B

monochromatic

#1B1903 #1B1903 #4B4409 #827610 #B8A716

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4B4409 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4B4409 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4409

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4409	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4409	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D450E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4409;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 68, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.075 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80774f',
    500: '#4b4409',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4409;
$custom-light: #80774f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4409",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 78.571,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38226,
    "c": 0.07472,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4409

secondary

#283288

accent

#47F533

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4409

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

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