#4B501D#4B501D

#4B501D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.073 H 114.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B501D
RGB	rgb(75, 80, 29)
HSL	hsl(66, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 63.7%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, -10.18, 28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 30.46, 109.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% -0.0299 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.073 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9922, 7.3220, 2.2598)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B501D #221D50

analogous

#503C1D #4B501D #32501D

triadic

#4B501D #1D4B50 #501D4B

tetradic

#4B501D #1D503C #221D50 #501D32

square

#4B501D #1D503C #221D50 #501D32

split-complementary

#4B501D #1D3250 #3C1D50

monochromatic

#151608 #21230D #4B501D #757D2D #9FAA3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#4B501D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4B501D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B501D

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B501D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B501D	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b501d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 80, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.073 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f815b',
    500: '#4b501d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b501d;
$custom-light: #7f815b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b501d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.882,
    "s": 46.789,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41484,
    "c": 0.07275,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B501D

secondary

#4A4485

accent

#51D65E

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B501D

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

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