#4B4E16#4B4E16

#4B4E16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.077 H 112.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4E16
RGB	rgb(75, 78, 22)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.81, -9.57, 31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.81, 32.85, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% -0.0291 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.077 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.7710, 7.0027, 1.8065)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4E16 #19164E

analogous

#4E3516 #4B4E16 #2F4E16

triadic

#4B4E16 #164B4E #4E164B

tetradic

#4B4E16 #164E35 #19164E #4E162F

square

#4B4E16 #164E35 #19164E #4E162F

split-complementary

#4B4E16 #162F4E #35164E

monochromatic

#171807 #1D1E09 #4B4E16 #797E23 #A7AD31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#4B4E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4B4E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4E16

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4E16	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544C1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 78, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.077 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7f57',
    500: '#4b4e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4e16;
$custom-light: #7f7f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.214,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40889,
    "c": 0.07666,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4E16

secondary

#3E3A85

accent

#49DF51

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4E16

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

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