#4B4712#4B4712

#4B4712 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.072 H 105.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4712
RGB	rgb(75, 71, 18)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 76%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.53, -5.65, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.53, 31.47, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(39.06% -0.0185 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(39.06% 0.072 105)
XYZ	xyz(5.2643, 6.0462, 1.4619)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4712 #12164B

analogous

#4B2A12 #4B4712 #324B12

triadic

#4B4712 #124B47 #47124B

tetradic

#4B4712 #124B2A #12164B #4B1232

square

#4B4712 #124B2A #12164B #4B1232

split-complementary

#4B4712 #12324B #2A124B

monochromatic

#191706 #1A1806 #4B4712 #7C761E #AEA42A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#4B4712 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4B4712 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4712

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4712	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4712	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E440A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4715

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51423C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4712;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 71, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.072 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a54',
    500: '#4b4712',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4712;
$custom-light: #7f7a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4712",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39055,
    "c": 0.07164,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.06046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4712

secondary

#353A84

accent

#4FE443

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4712

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

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