#473A09#473A09

#473A09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.066 H 93.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#473A09
RGB	rgb(71, 58, 9)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(47, 87%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 87.3%, 72.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.91, -0.10, 30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.91, 30.28, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.27% -0.0036 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(35.27% 0.066 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.1611, 4.3857, 0.8857)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#473A09 #091647

analogous

#471B09 #473A09 #354709

triadic

#473A09 #09473A #3A0947

tetradic

#473A09 #09471B #091647 #470935

square

#473A09 #09471B #091647 #470935

split-complementary

#473A09 #093547 #1B0947

monochromatic

#1B1603 #1B1603 #473A09 #7D6610 #B49317

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#473A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#473A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #473A09

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##473A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##473A09	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453D0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3431

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #473a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 58, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.066 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d6f4d',
    500: '#473a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #473a09;
$custom-light: #7d6f4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#473a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35266,
    "c": 0.06606,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#473A09

secondary

#273B84

accent

#5CF434

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EEECE7

border

#C9C7C3

text

#0A0701

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #473A09

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

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