#4B550C#4B550C

#4B550C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.093 H 117.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B550C
RGB	rgb(75, 85, 12)
HSL	hsl(68, 75%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(68, 86%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 85.9%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.02, -14.16, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.02, 40.17, 110.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% -0.0429 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.093 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2167, 8.0195, 1.5682)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B550C #160C55

analogous

#553B0C #4B550C #27550C

triadic

#4B550C #0C4B55 #550C4B

tetradic

#4B550C #0C553B #160C55 #550C27

square

#4B550C #0C553B #160C55 #550C27

split-complementary

#4B550C #0C2755 #3B0C55

monochromatic

#181B04 #1C1F04 #4B550C #7A8B14 #AAC01B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#4B550C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4B550C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B550C

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B550C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B550C	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5013

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b550c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 85, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.093 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808453',
    500: '#4b550c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b550c;
$custom-light: #808453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b550c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.219,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4264,
    "c": 0.09252,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B550C

secondary

#3A2D90

accent

#36F250

background

#F8F8F4

surface

#EFEFE7

border

#CACAC3

text

#0A0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B550C

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

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