#4A4009#4A4009

#4A4009 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.071 H 98.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4009
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 9)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(51, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.14, -2.32, 32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.14, 32.53, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(37.11% -0.0101 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(37.11% 0.071 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7070, 5.1426, 1.0031)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4009 #09134A

analogous

#4A2009 #4A4009 #344A09

triadic

#4A4009 #094A40 #40094A

tetradic

#4A4009 #094A20 #09134A #4A0934

square

#4A4009 #094A20 #09134A #4A0934

split-complementary

#4A4009 #09344A #20094A

monochromatic

#1B1803 #1B1803 #4A4009 #816F10 #B79E16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#4A4009 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4A4009 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4009

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4009	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4009	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A420D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4009;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.071 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f744e',
    500: '#4a4009',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4009;
$custom-light: #7f744e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4009",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3711,
    "c": 0.07111,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4009

secondary

#273687

accent

#51F533

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4009

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

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