#4B520B#4B520B

#4B520B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.089 H 115.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B520B
RGB	rgb(75, 82, 11)
HSL	hsl(66, 76%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(66, 87%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 86.6%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.04, -12.51, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.04, 39.09, 108.66°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% -0.0384 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.089 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9795, 7.5547, 1.4598)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B520B #120B52

analogous

#52350B #4B520B #27520B

triadic

#4B520B #0B4B52 #520B4B

tetradic

#4B520B #0B5235 #120B52 #520B27

square

#4B520B #0B5235 #120B52 #520B27

split-complementary

#4B520B #0B2752 #350B52

monochromatic

#191B04 #1A1C04 #4B520B #7C8812 #AEBE19

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#4B520B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#4B520B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B520B

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B520B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B520B	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584E12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b520b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 82, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.089 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808252',
    500: '#4b520b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b520b;
$custom-light: #808252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b520b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.915,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41846,
    "c": 0.08929,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B520B

secondary

#352B8E

accent

#35F348

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE7

border

#CAC9C3

text

#0A0A02

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B520B

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

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