#4B4816#4B4816

#4B4816 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.069 H 105.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4816
RGB	rgb(75, 72, 22)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 70.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.88, -5.99, 29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.88, 30.01, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(39.35% -0.019 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(39.35% 0.069 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3640, 6.1887, 1.6709)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4816 #16194B

analogous

#4B2E16 #4B4816 #344B16

triadic

#4B4816 #164B48 #48164B

tetradic

#4B4816 #164B2E #16194B #4B1634

square

#4B4816 #164B2E #16194B #4B1634

split-complementary

#4B4816 #16344B #2E164B

monochromatic

#181707 #1C1B08 #4B4816 #7A7524 #AAA332

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#4B4816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4B4816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4816

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4816	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4510

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 72, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.069 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a56',
    500: '#4b4816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4816;
$custom-light: #7f7a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39349,
    "c": 0.06933,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4816

secondary

#3A3E83

accent

#52DE4A

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4816

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

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