#4B4516#4B4516

#4B4516 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.066 H 102.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4516
RGB	rgb(75, 69, 22)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 70.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.93, -4.15, 28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.93, 28.70, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.59% -0.0138 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(38.59% 0.066 102)
XYZ	xyz(5.1748, 5.8102, 1.6078)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4516 #161C4B

analogous

#4B2B16 #4B4516 #374B16

triadic

#4B4516 #164B45 #45164B

tetradic

#4B4516 #164B2B #161C4B #4B1637

square

#4B4516 #164B2B #161C4B #4B1637

split-complementary

#4B4516 #16374B #2B164B

monochromatic

#181607 #1C1908 #4B4516 #7A7124 #AA9C32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#4B4516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4B4516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4516

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4516	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 69, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.066 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7856',
    500: '#4b4516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4516;
$custom-light: #7f7856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38589,
    "c": 0.06599,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.0581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4516

secondary

#3A4283

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4516

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

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