#4B4C09#4B4C09

#4B4C09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.083 H 110.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4C09
RGB	rgb(75, 76, 9)
HSL	hsl(61, 79%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(61, 88%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 88.2%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.08, -9.11, 35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.08, 37.10, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% -0.0292 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.083 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5356, 6.6846, 1.2571)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4C09 #0A094C

analogous

#4C2C09 #4B4C09 #2A4C09

triadic

#4B4C09 #094B4C #4C094B

tetradic

#4B4C09 #094C2C #0A094C #4C092A

square

#4B4C09 #094C2C #0A094C #4C092A

split-complementary

#4B4C09 #092A4C #2C094C

monochromatic

#1B1B03 #1B1B03 #4B4C09 #81830F #B7B916

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#4B4C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#4B4C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4C09

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4C09	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 76, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.083 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#807d50',
    500: '#4b4c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4c09;
$custom-light: #807d50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 78.824,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40272,
    "c": 0.08319,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4C09

secondary

#292889

accent

#33F535

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE7

border

#CAC9C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4C09

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

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