#4C480B#4C480B

#4C480B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.077 H 105.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C480B
RGB	rgb(76, 72, 11)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(56, 86%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 85.5%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, -6.13, 34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 34.80, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(39.36% -0.0207 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(39.36% 0.077 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3585, 6.1956, 1.2302)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C480B #0B0F4C

analogous

#4C280B #4C480B #304C0B

triadic

#4C480B #0B4C48 #480B4C

tetradic

#4C480B #0B4C28 #0B0F4C #4C0B30

square

#4C480B #0B4C28 #0B0F4C #4C0B30

split-complementary

#4C480B #0B304C #280B4C

monochromatic

#1B1904 #1B1904 #4C480B #817B13 #B7AD1A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#4C480B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4C480B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C480B

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C480B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C480B	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514810

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52423D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c480b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 72, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.077 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817a50',
    500: '#4c480b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c480b;
$custom-light: #817a50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c480b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 74.713,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3936,
    "c": 0.07746,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C480B

secondary

#2B3088

accent

#42F136

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C480B

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

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