#4B4418#4B4418

#4B4418 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.063 H 100.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4418
RGB	rgb(75, 68, 24)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 68%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, -3.38, 27.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 27.25, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.36% -0.0113 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(38.36% 0.063 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1338, 5.6963, 1.6930)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4418 #181F4B

analogous

#4B2B18 #4B4418 #394B18

triadic

#4B4418 #184B44 #44184B

tetradic

#4B4418 #184B2B #181F4B #4B1839

square

#4B4418 #184B2B #181F4B #4B1839

split-complementary

#4B4418 #18394B #2B184B

monochromatic

#171507 #1D1A09 #4B4418 #796E27 #A89836

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#4B4418 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4B4418 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4418

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4418	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4418	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)

#4B4213

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D451A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4418;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 68, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.063 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7757',
    500: '#4b4418',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4418;
$custom-light: #7f7757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4418",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38361,
    "c": 0.06301,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4418

secondary

#3D4682

accent

#60DB4D

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4418

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

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