#473C09#473C09

#473C09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.068 H 96.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#473C09
RGB	rgb(71, 60, 9)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(49, 87%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 87.3%, 72.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.54, -1.38, 30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.54, 30.90, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.76% -0.0073 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(35.76% 0.068 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.2639, 4.5913, 0.9200)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#473C09 #091447

analogous

#471D09 #473C09 #334709

triadic

#473C09 #09473C #3C0947

tetradic

#473C09 #09471D #091447 #470933

square

#473C09 #09471D #091447 #470933

split-complementary

#473C09 #093347 #1D0947

monochromatic

#1B1703 #1B1703 #473C09 #7D6A10 #B49817

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#473C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#473C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #473C09

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##473C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##473C09	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433A01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3632

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #473c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 60, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.068 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d714d',
    500: '#473c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #473c09;
$custom-light: #7d714d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#473c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35764,
    "c": 0.06758,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#473C09

secondary

#273884

accent

#56F434

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EEECE7

border

#C9C7C3

text

#0A0701

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #473C09

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

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