#4B4B16#4B4B16

#4B4B16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.073 H 109.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4B16
RGB	rgb(75, 75, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.7%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, -7.79, 30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 31.40, 104.37°)
OKLab	oklab(40.12% -0.0241 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(40.12% 0.073 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5627, 6.5861, 1.7371)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4B16 #16164B

analogous

#4B3116 #4B4B16 #314B16

triadic

#4B4B16 #164B4B #4B164B

tetradic

#4B4B16 #164B31 #16164B #4B1631

square

#4B4B16 #164B31 #16164B #4B1631

split-complementary

#4B4B16 #16314B #31164B

monochromatic

#181807 #1C1C08 #4B4B16 #7A7A24 #AAAA32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#4B4B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4B4B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4B16

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4B16	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51480F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#524919

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 75, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.073 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7d56',
    500: '#4b4b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4b16;
$custom-light: #7f7d56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40115,
    "c": 0.0729,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4B16

secondary

#3A3A83

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4B16

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

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