#4B4811#4B4811

#4B4811 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.074 H 106.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4811
RGB	rgb(75, 72, 17)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 77.3%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, -6.32, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 32.35, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.3% -0.0205 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(39.3% 0.074 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3204, 6.1712, 1.4411)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4811 #11144B

analogous

#4B2B11 #4B4811 #314B11

triadic

#4B4811 #114B48 #48114B

tetradic

#4B4811 #114B2B #11144B #4B1131

square

#4B4811 #114B2B #11144B #4B1131

split-complementary

#4B4811 #11314B #2B114B

monochromatic

#191806 #191806 #4B4811 #7D781C #AFA828

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4B4811 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4B4811 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4811

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4811	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4811	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504715

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51433D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4811;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 72, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.074 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807a53',
    500: '#4b4811',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4811;
$custom-light: #807a53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4811",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 63.043,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39301,
    "c": 0.07353,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4811

secondary

#333884

accent

#4AE642

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4811

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

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