#4A400C#4A400C

#4A400C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.069 H 97.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A400C
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 12)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(50, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 83.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.16, -2.18, 31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.16, 31.34, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% -0.0094 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.069 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7240, 5.1494, 1.0929)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A400C #0C164A

analogous

#4A210C #4A400C #354A0C

triadic

#4A400C #0C4A40 #400C4A

tetradic

#4A400C #0C4A21 #0C164A #4A0C35

square

#4A400C #0C4A21 #0C164A #4A0C35

split-complementary

#4A400C #0C354A #210C4A

monochromatic

#1A1704 #1A1704 #4A400C #7F6E15 #B39B1D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#4A400C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4A400C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A400C

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A400C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A400C	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)

#473E04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A420F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a400c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.069 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f744f',
    500: '#4a400c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a400c;
$custom-light: #7f744f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a400c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37131,
    "c": 0.06922,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A400C

secondary

#2C3B86

accent

#56EF39

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A400C

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

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