#4B481B#4B481B

#4B481B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.064 H 105.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B481B
RGB	rgb(75, 72, 27)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 64%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.94, -5.58, 26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.94, 27.45, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(39.41% -0.0172 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(39.41% 0.064 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4170, 6.2099, 1.9500)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B481B #1B1E4B

analogous

#4B301B #4B481B #364B1B

triadic

#4B481B #1B4B48 #481B4B

tetradic

#4B481B #1B4B30 #1B1E4B #4B1B36

square

#4B481B #1B4B30 #1B1E4B #4B1B36

split-complementary

#4B481B #1B364B #301B4B

monochromatic

#171608 #1E1D0B #4B481B #78732B #A59E3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4B481B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4B481B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B481B

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B481B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B481B	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F471D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b481b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 72, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.064 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a59',
    500: '#4b481b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b481b;
$custom-light: #7f7a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b481b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39407,
    "c": 0.06444,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B481B

secondary

#414581

accent

#59D751

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B481B

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

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