#4B440F#4B440F

#4B440F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.071 H 101.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B440F
RGB	rgb(75, 68, 15)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(53, 80%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 80%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.55, -3.99, 31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.55, 31.60, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% -0.0142 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.071 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0552, 5.6648, 1.2790)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B440F #0F164B

analogous

#4B260F #4B440F #344B0F

triadic

#4B440F #0F4B44 #440F4B

tetradic

#4B440F #0F4B26 #0F164B #4B0F34

square

#4B440F #0F4B26 #0F164B #4B0F34

split-complementary

#4B440F #0F344B #260F4B

monochromatic

#1A1705 #1A1705 #4B440F #7E7219 #B1A023

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4B440F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4B440F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B440F

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B440F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B440F	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)

#4B4206

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4513

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b440f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 68, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.071 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807751',
    500: '#4b440f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b440f;
$custom-light: #807751;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b440f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3827,
    "c": 0.07082,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B440F

secondary

#303A85

accent

#52EA3E

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B440F

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

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