#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
RGB	rgb(74, 60, 9)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(47, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.88, 0.20, 31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.88, 31.32, 89.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% -0.003 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.068 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.4895, 4.7076, 0.9306)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##4A3C09	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4A3C09

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

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