#4B550D#4B550D

#4B550D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.092 H 117.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B550D
RGB	rgb(75, 85, 13)
HSL	hsl(68, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(68, 85%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 84.7%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, -14.12, 37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 39.84, 110.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% -0.0426 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.092 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2230, 8.0220, 1.6013)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B550D #170D55

analogous

#553B0D #4B550D #27550D

triadic

#4B550D #0D4B55 #550D4B

tetradic

#4B550D #0D553B #170D55 #550D27

square

#4B550D #0D553B #170D55 #550D27

split-complementary

#4B550D #0D2755 #3B0D55

monochromatic

#171B04 #1C2005 #4B550D #7A8A15 #A9BF1D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#4B550D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4B550D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B550D

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B550D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B550D	1.00	8.06	2.60	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b550d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 85, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.092 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808453',
    500: '#4b550d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b550d;
$custom-light: #808453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b550d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.333,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42646,
    "c": 0.09198,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B550D

secondary

#3C2E90

accent

#38F051

background

#F8F8F4

surface

#EFEFE8

border

#CACAC4

text

#0A0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B550D

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

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