#49401C#49401C

#49401C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.055 H 95.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49401C
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 28)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 61.6%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.21, -1.54, 23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.21, 23.19, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.2% -0.0053 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(37.2% 0.055 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7908, 5.1673, 1.8434)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49401C #1C2549

analogous

#492A1C #49401C #3C491C

triadic

#49401C #1C4940 #401C49

tetradic

#49401C #1C492A #1C2549 #491C3C

square

#49401C #1C492A #1C2549 #491C3C

split-complementary

#49401C #1C3C49 #2A1C49

monochromatic

#161308 #1D190B #49401C #75672D #A18E3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#49401C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#49401C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49401C

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49401C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49401C	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)

#463F19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49421E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49401c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.055 95.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49401c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 44.554,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37196,
    "c": 0.05452,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49401C

secondary

#424E7E

accent

#6DD454

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #49401C

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

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