#4B451B#4B451B

#4B451B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.061 H 101.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B451B
RGB	rgb(75, 69, 27)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 64%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, -3.74, 25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 26.07, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% -0.0119 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.061 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2278, 5.8314, 1.8869)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B451B #1B214B

analogous

#4B2D1B #4B451B #394B1B

triadic

#4B451B #1B4B45 #451B4B

tetradic

#4B451B #1B4B2D #1B214B #4B1B39

square

#4B451B #1B4B2D #1B214B #4B1B39

split-complementary

#4B451B #1B394B #2D1B4B

monochromatic

#171508 #1E1C0B #4B451B #786E2B #A5983B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#4B451B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4B451B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B451B

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B451B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B451B	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D451D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51403C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b451b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 69, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.061 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7859',
    500: '#4b451b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b451b;
$custom-light: #7f7859;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b451b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3865,
    "c": 0.06098,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B451B

secondary

#414981

accent

#62D751

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B451B

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

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