#4A400E#4A400E

#4A400E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.068 H 97.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A400E
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 14)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 81.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.17, -2.08, 30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.17, 30.49, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% -0.0088 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.068 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7369, 5.1546, 1.1608)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A400E #0E184A

analogous

#4A220E #4A400E #364A0E

triadic

#4A400E #0E4A40 #400E4A

tetradic

#4A400E #0E4A22 #0E184A #4A0E36

square

#4A400E #0E4A22 #0E184A #4A0E36

split-complementary

#4A400E #0E364A #220E4A

monochromatic

#1A1605 #1A1605 #4A400E #7D6D18 #B19921

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#4A400E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4A400E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A400E

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A400E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A400E	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)

#473E06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a400e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.068 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7450',
    500: '#4a400e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a400e;
$custom-light: #7f7450;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a400e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37147,
    "c": 0.06781,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A400E

secondary

#2F3D85

accent

#5AEB3D

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A400E

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

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