#4B4416#4B4416

#4B4416 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.065 H 100.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4416
RGB	rgb(75, 68, 22)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 70.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, -3.53, 28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 28.28, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(38.34% -0.012 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(38.34% 0.065 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1138, 5.6882, 1.5875)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4416 #161D4B

analogous

#4B2A16 #4B4416 #384B16

triadic

#4B4416 #164B44 #44164B

tetradic

#4B4416 #164B2A #161D4B #4B1638

square

#4B4416 #164B2A #161D4B #4B1638

split-complementary

#4B4416 #16384B #2A164B

monochromatic

#181507 #1C1908 #4B4416 #7A6F24 #AA9A32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#4B4416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4B4416 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4416

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4416	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4518

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 68, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.065 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7756',
    500: '#4b4416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4416;
$custom-light: #7f7756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38338,
    "c": 0.06494,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4416

secondary

#3A4483

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4416

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

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