#4A3D09#4A3D09

#4A3D09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.069 H 94.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3D09
RGB	rgb(74, 61, 9)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(48, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.20, -0.43, 31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.20, 31.61, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(36.36% -0.0048 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(36.36% 0.069 94)
XYZ	xyz(4.5423, 4.8133, 0.9482)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3D09 #09164A

analogous

#4A1D09 #4A3D09 #374A09

triadic

#4A3D09 #094A3D #3D094A

tetradic

#4A3D09 #094A1D #09164A #4A0937

square

#4A3D09 #094A1D #09164A #4A0937

split-complementary

#4A3D09 #09374A #1D094A

monochromatic

#1B1603 #1B1603 #4A3D09 #816A10 #B79716

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#4A3D09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4A3D09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3D09

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3D09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3D09	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453C01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48400C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513733

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3d09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 61, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.069 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f724d',
    500: '#4a3d09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3d09;
$custom-light: #7f724d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3d09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36365,
    "c": 0.06874,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.04813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3D09

secondary

#273B87

accent

#5AF533

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFECE7

border

#CAC7C3

text

#0A0701

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3D09

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

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