#473D09#473D09

#473D09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.068 H 97.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#473D09
RGB	rgb(71, 61, 9)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(50, 87%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 87.3%, 72.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.85, -2.01, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.85, 31.23, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.01% -0.0091 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(36.01% 0.068 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.3168, 4.6970, 0.9376)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#473D09 #091347

analogous

#471E09 #473D09 #324709

triadic

#473D09 #09473D #3D0947

tetradic

#473D09 #09471E #091347 #470932

square

#473D09 #09471E #091347 #470932

split-complementary

#473D09 #093247 #1E0947

monochromatic

#1B1703 #1B1703 #473D09 #7D6C10 #B49A17

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#473D09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#473D09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #473D09

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##473D09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##473D09	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443B01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3833

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #473d09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 61, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.068 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d724d',
    500: '#473d09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #473d09;
$custom-light: #7d724d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#473d09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36014,
    "c": 0.06841,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#473D09

secondary

#273684

accent

#53F434

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EEECE7

border

#C9C7C3

text

#0A0701

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #473D09

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

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