#4A4209#4A4209

#4A4209 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.073 H 100.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4209
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 9)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(53, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.77, -3.57, 33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.77, 33.20, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% -0.0136 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.073 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.8218, 5.3722, 1.0414)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4209 #09114A

analogous

#4A2209 #4A4209 #324A09

triadic

#4A4209 #094A42 #42094A

tetradic

#4A4209 #094A22 #09114A #4A0932

square

#4A4209 #094A22 #09114A #4A0932

split-complementary

#4A4209 #09324A #22094A

monochromatic

#1B1803 #1B1803 #4A4209 #817310 #B7A316

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#4A4209 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4A4209 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4209

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4209	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4209	1.00	10.12	2.07	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C430D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4209;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.073 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f764e',
    500: '#4a4209',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4209;
$custom-light: #7f764e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4209",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37612,
    "c": 0.07289,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4209

secondary

#273387

accent

#4BF533

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4209

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

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