#4B550F#4B550F

#4B550F 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	#4B550F
RGB	rgb(75, 85, 15)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(69, 82%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 82.4%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.04, -14.02, 36.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.04, 39.15, 110.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% -0.0422 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.091 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2365, 8.0274, 1.6727)
Luminance	0.0803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B550F #190F55

analogous

#553C0F #4B550F #28550F

triadic

#4B550F #0F4B55 #550F4B

tetradic

#4B550F #0F553C #190F55 #550F28

square

#4B550F #0F553C #190F55 #550F28

split-complementary

#4B550F #0F2855 #3C0F55

monochromatic

#171A05 #1D2106 #4B550F #798918 #A7BD21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#4B550F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#4B550F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B550F

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B550F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B550F	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)

#5B5001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5015

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b550f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 85, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.091 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#808454',
    500: '#4b550f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b550f;
$custom-light: #808454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b550f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42659,
    "c": 0.0908,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B550F

secondary

#3E318F

accent

#3BED54

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#EFEFE9

border

#CACAC5

text

#0A0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B550F

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

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