#4B4515#4B4515

#4B4515 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.067 H 102.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4515
RGB	rgb(75, 69, 21)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 72%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.92, -4.23, 28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.92, 29.20, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.58% -0.0141 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(38.58% 0.067 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1653, 5.8065, 1.5580)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4515 #151B4B

analogous

#4B2A15 #4B4515 #364B15

triadic

#4B4515 #154B45 #45154B

tetradic

#4B4515 #154B2A #151B4B #4B1536

square

#4B4515 #154B2A #151B4B #4B1536

split-complementary

#4B4515 #15364B #2A154B

monochromatic

#181607 #1B1908 #4B4515 #7B7122 #AB9D30

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#4B4515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4B4515 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4515

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4515	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)

#4C430F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4518

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 69, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.067 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7855',
    500: '#4b4515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4515;
$custom-light: #7f7855;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38578,
    "c": 0.0669,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4515

secondary

#394183

accent

#59E048

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4515

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

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