#4B491B#4B491B

#4B491B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.066 H 106.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B491B
RGB	rgb(75, 73, 27)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 64%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.25, -6.19, 27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.25, 27.92, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(39.66% -0.0189 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(39.66% 0.066 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4822, 6.3402, 1.9717)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B491B #1B1D4B

analogous

#4B311B #4B491B #354B1B

triadic

#4B491B #1B4B49 #491B4B

tetradic

#4B491B #1B4B31 #1B1D4B #4B1B35

square

#4B491B #1B4B31 #1B1D4B #4B1B35

split-complementary

#4B491B #1B354B #311B4B

monochromatic

#171608 #1E1D0B #4B491B #78752B #A5A13B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#4B491B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4B491B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B491B

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B491B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B491B	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50481E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b491b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 73, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.066 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b59',
    500: '#4b491b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b491b;
$custom-light: #7f7b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b491b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39661,
    "c": 0.06565,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B491B

secondary

#414481

accent

#57D751

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B491B

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

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