#4A3C09#4A3C09

#4A3C09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.068 H 92.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A3C09
RGBrgb(74, 60, 9)
HSLhsl(47, 78%, 16%)
HSVhsv(47, 88%, 29%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.9%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LABlab(25.88, 0.20, 31.32)
CIE-LCHlch(25.88, 31.32, 89.63°)
OKLaboklab(36.12% -0.003 0.068)
OKLCHoklch(36.12% 0.068 92.5)
XYZxyz(4.4895, 4.7076, 0.9306)
Luminance0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A3C09 #09174A
analogous
#4A1C09 #4A3C09 #384A09
triadic
#4A3C09 #094A3C #3C094A
tetradic
#4A3C09 #094A1C #09174A #4A0938
square
#4A3C09 #094A1C #09174A #4A0938
split-complementary
#4A3C09 #09384A #1C094A
monochromatic
#1B1603 #1B1603 #4A3C09 #816810 #B79416

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82
#4A3C09 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94
#4A3C09 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3C09
10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A3C09#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##4A3C091.0010.821.9410.82
#FFFFFF10.821.0021.001.00
#0000001.9421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.821.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#443B01
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#473F0C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#513632
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a3c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 60, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.068 92.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80714d',
    500: '#4a3c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a3c09;
$custom-light: #80714d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a3c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36119,
    "c": 0.06803,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A3C09
secondary
#273C87
accent
#5DF533
background
#F8F6F4
surface
#EFECE7
border
#CAC7C3
text
#0A0701
muted
#7C7A77

Preview Lab

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#4A3C09 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva