#49401B#49401B

#49401B is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.056 H 95.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49401B
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 27)
HSL	hsl(48, 46%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 63%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.19, -1.63, 23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.19, 23.75, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% -0.0057 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.056 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7791, 5.1626, 1.7814)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49401B #1B2449

analogous

#49291B #49401B #3B491B

triadic

#49401B #1B4940 #401B49

tetradic

#49401B #1B4929 #1B2449 #491B3B

square

#49401B #1B4929 #1B2449 #491B3B

split-complementary

#49401B #1B3B49 #291B49

monochromatic

#161408 #1C190A #49401B #76672C #A28E3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#49401B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#49401B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49401B

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49401B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49401B	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49411D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49401b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.056 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7459',
    500: '#49401b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49401b;
$custom-light: #7d7459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49401b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 46,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37181,
    "c": 0.05563,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49401B

secondary

#414D7F

accent

#6CD652

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #49401B

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

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