#4B4423#4B4423

#4B4423 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.051 H 97.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4423
RGB	rgb(75, 68, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 53.3%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.78, -2.32, 20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.78, 21.08, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% -0.0067 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.051 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.2723, 5.7516, 2.4222)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4423 #232A4B

analogous

#4B3023 #4B4423 #3E4B23

triadic

#4B4423 #234B44 #44234B

tetradic

#4B4423 #234B30 #232A4B #4B233E

square

#4B4423 #234B30 #232A4B #4B233E

split-complementary

#4B4423 #233E4B #30234B

monochromatic

#15130A #211E10 #4B4423 #756A36 #9E904A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#4B4423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4B4423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4423

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4423	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50403C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 68, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.051 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e775e',
    500: '#4b4423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4423;
$custom-light: #7e775e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38522,
    "c": 0.05062,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4423

secondary

#4B547F

accent

#6FCC5B

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4423

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

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