#4A401B#4A401B

#4A401B is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.056 H 94.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A401B
RGB	rgb(74, 64, 27)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 63.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.30, -1.12, 23.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.30, 23.88, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.29% -0.0043 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(37.29% 0.056 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.8555, 5.2020, 1.7850)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A401B #1B254A

analogous

#4A291B #4A401B #3D4A1B

triadic

#4A401B #1B4A40 #401B4A

tetradic

#4A401B #1B4A29 #1B254A #4A1B3D

square

#4A401B #1B4A29 #1B254A #4A1B3D

split-complementary

#4A401B #1B3D4A #291B4A

monochromatic

#161308 #1D190B #4A401B #77672B #A48E3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#4A401B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4A401B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A401B

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A401B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A401B	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49421D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a401b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 64, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.056 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7459',
    500: '#4a401b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a401b;
$custom-light: #7e7459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a401b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 46.535,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37294,
    "c": 0.05582,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A401B

secondary

#414E80

accent

#6ED652

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A401B

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

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