#4B451E#4B451E

#4B451E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.058 H 100.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B451E
RGB	rgb(75, 69, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 60%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.02, -3.46, 24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.02, 24.41, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% -0.0107 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.058 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.2643, 5.8460, 2.0791)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B451E #1E244B

analogous

#4B2E1E #4B451E #3A4B1E

triadic

#4B451E #1E4B45 #451E4B

tetradic

#4B451E #1E4B2E #1E244B #4B1E3A

square

#4B451E #1E4B2E #1E244B #4B1E3A

split-complementary

#4B451E #1E3A4B #2E1E4B

monochromatic

#161409 #1F1D0D #4B451E #776D2F #A29541

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#4B451E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4B451E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B451E

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B451E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B451E	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B431A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51403C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b451e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 69, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.058 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f785b',
    500: '#4b451e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b451e;
$custom-light: #7f785b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b451e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38692,
    "c": 0.05768,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B451E

secondary

#454D80

accent

#66D355

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B451E

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

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