#4A3B09#4A3B09

#4A3B09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.067 H 91.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3B09
RGB	rgb(74, 59, 9)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(46, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.57, 0.84, 31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.57, 31.04, 88.45°)
OKLab	oklab(35.88% -0.0011 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(35.88% 0.067 91)
XYZ	xyz(4.4376, 4.6038, 0.9133)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3B09 #09184A

analogous

#4A1B09 #4A3B09 #394A09

triadic

#4A3B09 #094A3B #3B094A

tetradic

#4A3B09 #094A1B #09184A #4A0939

square

#4A3B09 #094A1B #09184A #4A0939

split-complementary

#4A3B09 #09394A #1B094A

monochromatic

#1B1603 #1B1603 #4A3B09 #816710 #B79216

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#4A3B09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4A3B09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3B09

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3B09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3B09	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433A02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473E0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513532

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3b09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 59, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.067 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80704d',
    500: '#4a3b09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3b09;
$custom-light: #80704d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3b09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35875,
    "c": 0.06738,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.04603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3B09

secondary

#273E87

accent

#60F533

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFECE7

border

#CAC7C3

text

#0A0701

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3B09

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

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