#4A400D#4A400D

#4A400D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.069 H 97.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A400D
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 13)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 82.4%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.16, -2.13, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.16, 30.92, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% -0.0091 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.069 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.7303, 5.1519, 1.1260)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A400D #0D174A

analogous

#4A220D #4A400D #364A0D

triadic

#4A400D #0D4A40 #400D4A

tetradic

#4A400D #0D4A22 #0D174A #4A0D36

square

#4A400D #0D4A22 #0D174A #4A0D36

split-complementary

#4A400D #0D364A #220D4A

monochromatic

#1A1705 #1A1705 #4A400D #7E6D16 #B29A1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#4A400D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4A400D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A400D

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A400D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A400D	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4210

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a400d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.069 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7450',
    500: '#4a400d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a400d;
$custom-light: #7f7450;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a400d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37139,
    "c": 0.06853,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A400D

secondary

#2E3C85

accent

#58ED3B

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A400D

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

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