#4A4109#4A4109

#4A4109 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.072 H 99.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4109
RGB	rgb(74, 65, 9)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(52, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.45, -2.95, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.45, 32.86, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% -0.0119 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.072 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7639, 5.2564, 1.0221)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4109 #09124A

analogous

#4A2109 #4A4109 #334A09

triadic

#4A4109 #094A41 #41094A

tetradic

#4A4109 #094A21 #09124A #4A0933

square

#4A4109 #094A21 #09124A #4A0933

split-complementary

#4A4109 #09334A #21094A

monochromatic

#1B1803 #1B1803 #4A4109 #817110 #B7A116

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#4A4109 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4A4109 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4109

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4109	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4109	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B420D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513B37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4109;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 65, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.072 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f754e',
    500: '#4a4109',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4109;
$custom-light: #7f754e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4109",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3736,
    "c": 0.07199,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4109

secondary

#273587

accent

#4EF533

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4109

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

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