#4B4612#4B4612

#4B4612 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.071 H 103.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4612
RGB	rgb(75, 70, 18)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 76%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.21, -5.04, 30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.21, 31.05, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% -0.0168 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.071 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2012, 5.9201, 1.4409)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4612 #12174B

analogous

#4B2912 #4B4612 #334B12

triadic

#4B4612 #124B46 #46124B

tetradic

#4B4612 #124B29 #12174B #4B1233

square

#4B4612 #124B29 #12174B #4B1233

split-complementary

#4B4612 #12334B #29124B

monochromatic

#191706 #1A1806 #4B4612 #7C741E #AEA22A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#4B4612 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4B4612 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4612

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4612	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4612	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)

#4D430A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4615

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51413C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4612;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 70, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.071 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807953',
    500: '#4b4612',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4612;
$custom-light: #807953;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4612",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38801,
    "c": 0.07055,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4612

secondary

#353C84

accent

#52E443

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4612

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

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