#4B5311#4B5311

#4B5311 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.087 H 116.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B5311
RGB	rgb(75, 83, 17)
HSL	hsl(67, 66%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(67, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 79.5%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.40, -12.78, 35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.40, 37.44, 109.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% -0.0386 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.087 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0962, 7.7229, 1.6997)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B5311 #191153

analogous

#533A11 #4B5311 #2A5311

triadic

#4B5311 #114B53 #53114B

tetradic

#4B5311 #11533A #191153 #53112A

square

#4B5311 #11533A #191153 #53112A

split-complementary

#4B5311 #112A53 #3A1153

monochromatic

#171905 #1D2007 #4B5311 #79861B #A7B926

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#4B5311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#4B5311 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B5311

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B5311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B5311	1.00	8.25	2.54	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594E05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b5311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 83, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.087 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808355',
    500: '#4b5311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b5311;
$custom-light: #808355;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b5311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.273,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42148,
    "c": 0.08693,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B5311

secondary

#3E348C

accent

#3FE953

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B5311

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

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