#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
RGBrgb(74, 66, 9)
HSLhsl(53, 78%, 16%)
HSVhsv(53, 88%, 29%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.8%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LABlab(27.77, -3.57, 33.01)
CIE-LCHlch(27.77, 33.20, 96.17°)
OKLaboklab(37.61% -0.0136 0.0716)
OKLCHoklch(37.61% 0.073 100.8)
XYZxyz(4.8218, 5.3722, 1.0414)
Luminance0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##4A42091.0010.122.0710.12
#FFFFFF10.121.0021.001.00
#0000002.0721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.121.0021.001.00

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

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#4A4209 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva