#4B501F#4B501F

#4B501F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.071 H 114.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B501F
RGB	rgb(75, 80, 31)
HSL	hsl(66, 44%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 61.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.55, -9.99, 27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.55, 29.43, 109.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.51% -0.0292 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(41.51% 0.071 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0178, 7.3322, 2.3943)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B501F #241F50

analogous

#503D1F #4B501F #33501F

triadic

#4B501F #1F4B50 #501F4B

tetradic

#4B501F #1F503D #241F50 #501F33

square

#4B501F #1F503D #241F50 #501F33

split-complementary

#4B501F #1F3350 #3D1F50

monochromatic

#151609 #22240E #4B501F #747C30 #9EA841

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#4B501F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#4B501F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B501F

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B501F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B501F	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b501f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 80, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.071 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f815d',
    500: '#4b501f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b501f;
$custom-light: #7f815d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b501f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.122,
    "s": 44.144,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41509,
    "c": 0.07068,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B501F

secondary

#4C4685

accent

#54D461

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B501F

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

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