#4B4611#4B4611

#4B4611 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.071 H 103.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4611
RGB	rgb(75, 70, 17)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 77.3%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.20, -5.11, 31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.20, 31.51, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.79% -0.0171 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(38.79% 0.071 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1932, 5.9169, 1.3987)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4611 #11164B

analogous

#4B2911 #4B4611 #334B11

triadic

#4B4611 #114B46 #46114B

tetradic

#4B4611 #114B29 #11164B #4B1133

square

#4B4611 #114B29 #11164B #4B1133

split-complementary

#4B4611 #11334B #29114B

monochromatic

#191706 #191706 #4B4611 #7D751C #AFA328

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#4B4611 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4B4611 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4611

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4611	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4611	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4309

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4614

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51413B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4611;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 70, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.071 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807953',
    500: '#4b4611',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4611;
$custom-light: #807953;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4611",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38792,
    "c": 0.07135,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4611

secondary

#333A84

accent

#50E642

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4611

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

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