#4B4510#4B4510

#4B4510 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.071 H 102.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4510
RGB	rgb(75, 69, 16)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 78.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.88, -4.55, 31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.88, 31.55, 98.30°)
OKLab	oklab(38.53% -0.0157 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(38.53% 0.071 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1235, 5.7897, 1.3378)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4510 #10164B

analogous

#4B2710 #4B4510 #334B10

triadic

#4B4510 #104B45 #45104B

tetradic

#4B4510 #104B27 #10164B #4B1033

square

#4B4510 #104B27 #10164B #4B1033

split-complementary

#4B4510 #10334B #27104B

monochromatic

#191705 #191705 #4B4510 #7D731B #B0A226

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#4B4510 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4B4510 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4510

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4510	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4510	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4513

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4510;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 69, 16);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.071 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807852',
    500: '#4b4510',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4510;
$custom-light: #807852;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4510",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 16
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 64.835,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3853,
    "c": 0.07108,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4510

secondary

#323A85

accent

#51E840

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4510

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

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