#4A4012#4A4012

#4A4012 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.065 H 96.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4012
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 18)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 75.7%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.20, -1.84, 28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.20, 28.62, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% -0.0076 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.065 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7668, 5.1665, 1.3183)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4012 #121C4A

analogous

#4A2412 #4A4012 #384A12

triadic

#4A4012 #124A40 #40124A

tetradic

#4A4012 #124A24 #121C4A #4A1238

square

#4A4012 #124A24 #121C4A #4A1238

split-complementary

#4A4012 #12384A #24124A

monochromatic

#191506 #191506 #4A4012 #7B6B1E #AC952A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#4A4012 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4A4012 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4012

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4012	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4012	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4215

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503B37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4012;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.065 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7453',
    500: '#4a4012',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4012;
$custom-light: #7f7453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4012",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37184,
    "c": 0.06462,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4012

secondary

#354383

accent

#60E444

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4012

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

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