#4B550E#4B550E

#4B550E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.091 H 117.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B550E
RGB	rgb(75, 85, 14)
HSL	hsl(68, 72%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(68, 84%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 83.5%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, -14.07, 36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 39.50, 110.87°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% -0.0424 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.091 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2296, 8.0246, 1.6361)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B550E #180E55

analogous

#553C0E #4B550E #28550E

triadic

#4B550E #0E4B55 #550E4B

tetradic

#4B550E #0E553C #180E55 #550E28

square

#4B550E #0E553C #180E55 #550E28

split-complementary

#4B550E #0E2855 #3C0E55

monochromatic

#171A04 #1D2005 #4B550E #798A17 #A8BE1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#4B550E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4B550E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B550E

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B550E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B550E	1.00	8.06	2.61	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	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)

#5A5015

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b550e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 85, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.091 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808453',
    500: '#4b550e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b550e;
$custom-light: #808453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b550e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.451,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42652,
    "c": 0.0914,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B550E

secondary

#3D308F

accent

#39EE53

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE8

border

#CACAC4

text

#0A0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B550E

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

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