#4B4513#4B4513

#4B4513 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.069 H 102.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4513
RGB	rgb(75, 69, 19)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 74.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.90, -4.36, 29.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.90, 30.17, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.56% -0.0148 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(38.56% 0.069 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.1475, 5.7993, 1.4642)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4513 #13194B

analogous

#4B2913 #4B4513 #354B13

triadic

#4B4513 #134B45 #45134B

tetradic

#4B4513 #134B29 #13194B #4B1335

square

#4B4513 #134B29 #13194B #4B1335

split-complementary

#4B4513 #13354B #29134B

monochromatic

#181606 #1A1807 #4B4513 #7C721F #AD9F2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#4B4513 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4B4513 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4513

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4513	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4513	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C430C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4516

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4513;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 69, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.069 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7854',
    500: '#4b4513',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4513;
$custom-light: #7f7854;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4513",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 59.574,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38558,
    "c": 0.06866,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4513

secondary

#363E84

accent

#56E345

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE8

border

#C9C8C4

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4513

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

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