#4B4E23#4B4E23

#4B4E23 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.063 H 112.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B4E23
RGB	rgb(75, 78, 35)
HSL	hsl(64, 38%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 55.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, -8.41, 24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 26.18, 108.74°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% -0.0242 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.063 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9295, 7.0661, 2.6413)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B4E23 #26234E

analogous

#4E3C23 #4B4E23 #364E23

triadic

#4B4E23 #234B4E #4E234B

tetradic

#4B4E23 #234E3C #26234E #4E2336

square

#4B4E23 #234E3C #26234E #4E2336

split-complementary

#4B4E23 #23364E #3C234E

monochromatic

#141509 #222410 #4B4E23 #747836 #9CA249

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#4B4E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4B4E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B4E23

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B4E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B4E23	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b4e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 78, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.063 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f5f',
    500: '#4b4e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b4e23;
$custom-light: #7e7f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b4e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.186,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4105,
    "c": 0.06341,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B4E23

secondary

#4F4B82

accent

#5ACE62

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B4E23

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

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