#4A400A#4A400A

#4A400A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.070 H 98.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A400A
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 10)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(51, 86%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 86.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.14, -2.28, 32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.14, 32.14, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% -0.0099 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.071 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.7125, 5.1448, 1.0319)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A400A #0A144A

analogous

#4A200A #4A400A #344A0A

triadic

#4A400A #0A4A40 #400A4A

tetradic

#4A400A #0A4A20 #0A144A #4A0A34

square

#4A400A #0A4A20 #0A144A #4A0A34

split-complementary

#4A400A #0A344A #200A4A

monochromatic

#1B1704 #1B1704 #4A400A #806F11 #B69D19

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#4A400A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4A400A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A400A

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A400A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A400A	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)

#473E02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A420E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a400a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.070 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f744e',
    500: '#4a400a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a400a;
$custom-light: #7f744e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a400a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37117,
    "c": 0.0705,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A400A

secondary

#293887

accent

#53F335

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A400A

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

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