#4B440C#4B440C

#4B440C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.073 H 101.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B440C
RGB	rgb(75, 68, 12)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(53, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 84%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, -4.15, 32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 32.85, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% -0.015 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.073 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.0354, 5.6569, 1.1744)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B440C #0C134B

analogous

#4B250C #4B440C #334B0C

triadic

#4B440C #0C4B44 #440C4B

tetradic

#4B440C #0C4B25 #0C134B #4B0C33

square

#4B440C #0C4B25 #0C134B #4B0C33

split-complementary

#4B440C #0C334B #250C4B

monochromatic

#1A1804 #1A1804 #4B440C #807414 #B5A41D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4B440C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4B440C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B440C

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B440C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B440C	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4203

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4510

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b440c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 68, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.073 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807750',
    500: '#4b440c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b440c;
$custom-light: #807750;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b440c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38246,
    "c": 0.0729,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B440C

secondary

#2C3687

accent

#4DEF39

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B440C

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

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