#4A3F09#4A3F09

#4A3F09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.070 H 96.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A3F09
RGB	rgb(74, 63, 9)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(50, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.82, -1.70, 32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.82, 32.21, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% -0.0083 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.07 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6511, 5.0308, 0.9845)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A3F09 #09144A

analogous

#4A1F09 #4A3F09 #354A09

triadic

#4A3F09 #094A3F #3F094A

tetradic

#4A3F09 #094A1F #09144A #4A0935

square

#4A3F09 #094A1F #09144A #4A0935

split-complementary

#4A3F09 #09354A #1F094A

monochromatic

#1B1703 #1B1703 #4A3F09 #816D10 #B79C16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#4A3F09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4A3F09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A3F09

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A3F09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A3F09	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473D01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49410D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513935

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a3f09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 63, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.070 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f734e',
    500: '#4a3f09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a3f09;
$custom-light: #7f734e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a3f09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36861,
    "c": 0.07028,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A3F09

secondary

#273887

accent

#54F533

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFECE7

border

#CAC7C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A3F09

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

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