#4B440E#4B440E

#4B440E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.072 H 101.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B440E
RGB	rgb(75, 68, 14)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(53, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 81.3%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, -4.05, 31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 32.03, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% -0.0145 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.072 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0483, 5.6620, 1.2423)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B440E #0E154B

analogous

#4B260E #4B440E #334B0E

triadic

#4B440E #0E4B44 #440E4B

tetradic

#4B440E #0E4B26 #0E154B #4B0E33

square

#4B440E #0E4B26 #0E154B #4B0E33

split-complementary

#4B440E #0E334B #260E4B

monochromatic

#1A1705 #1A1705 #4B440E #7F7318 #B2A221

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4B440E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4B440E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B440E

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B440E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B440E	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)

#4B4205

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4512

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b440e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 68, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.072 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807751',
    500: '#4b440e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b440e;
$custom-light: #807751;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b440e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 68.539,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38261,
    "c": 0.07154,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B440E

secondary

#2F3986

accent

#50EB3C

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B440E

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

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