#4B540E#4B540E

#4B540E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.090 H 117.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B540E
RGB	rgb(75, 84, 14)
HSL	hsl(68, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(68, 83%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 83.3%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.71, -13.51, 36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.71, 39.02, 110.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% -0.0409 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.09 117)
XYZ	xyz(6.1514, 7.8683, 1.6101)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B540E #170E54

analogous

#543A0E #4B540E #28540E

triadic

#4B540E #0E4B54 #540E4B

tetradic

#4B540E #0E543A #170E54 #540E28

square

#4B540E #0E543A #170E54 #540E28

split-complementary

#4B540E #0E2854 #3A0E54

monochromatic

#171A04 #1C2005 #4B540E #7A8817 #A9BD1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#4B540E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4B540E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B540E

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B540E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B540E	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b540e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 84, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.090 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808453',
    500: '#4b540e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b540e;
$custom-light: #808453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b540e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42389,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.07868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B540E

secondary

#3C2F8E

accent

#3AEE51

background

#F8F8F4

surface

#EFEFE8

border

#CACAC4

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B540E

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

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