#4B4523#4B4523

#4B4523 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.052 H 99.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4523
RGB	rgb(75, 69, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 53.3%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.09, -2.94, 21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.09, 21.54, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(38.77% -0.0085 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(38.77% 0.052 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3333, 5.8736, 2.4426)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4523 #23294B

analogous

#4B3123 #4B4523 #3D4B23

triadic

#4B4523 #234B45 #45234B

tetradic

#4B4523 #234B31 #23294B #4B233D

square

#4B4523 #234B31 #23294B #4B233D

split-complementary

#4B4523 #233D4B #31234B

monochromatic

#15130A #211F10 #4B4523 #756B36 #9E924A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4B4523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4B4523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4523

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4523	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50413D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 69, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.052 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e785e',
    500: '#4b4523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4523;
$custom-light: #7e785e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38771,
    "c": 0.05173,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4523

secondary

#4B537F

accent

#6CCC5B

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4523

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

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