#4B440D#4B440D

#4B440D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.072 H 101.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B440D
RGB	rgb(75, 68, 13)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 82.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, -4.10, 32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 32.45, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% -0.0147 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.072 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.0417, 5.6594, 1.2075)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B440D #0D144B

analogous

#4B250D #4B440D #334B0D

triadic

#4B440D #0D4B44 #440D4B

tetradic

#4B440D #0D4B25 #0D144B #4B0D33

square

#4B440D #0D4B25 #0D144B #4B0D33

split-complementary

#4B440D #0D334B #250D4B

monochromatic

#1A1805 #1A1805 #4B440D #7F7316 #B3A31F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4B440D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4B440D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B440D

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B440D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B440D	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)

#4B4204

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4511

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b440d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 68, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.072 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807750',
    500: '#4b440d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b440d;
$custom-light: #807750;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b440d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 70.455,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38254,
    "c": 0.07223,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B440D

secondary

#2E3886

accent

#4FED3B

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B440D

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

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