#4A420B#4A420B

#4A420B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.072 H 100.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A420B
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 11)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(52, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 85.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.78, -3.48, 32.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.78, 32.44, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% -0.0132 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.072 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8329, 5.3767, 1.0998)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A420B #0B134A

analogous

#4A230B #4A420B #334A0B

triadic

#4A420B #0B4A42 #420B4A

tetradic

#4A420B #0B4A23 #0B134A #4A0B33

square

#4A420B #0B4A23 #0B134A #4A0B33

split-complementary

#4A420B #0B334A #230B4A

monochromatic

#1B1804 #1B1804 #4A420B #7F7213 #B5A11B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#4A420B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4A420B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A420B

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A420B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A420B	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494002

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B430F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a420b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.072 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f764f',
    500: '#4a420b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a420b;
$custom-light: #7f764f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a420b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37625,
    "c": 0.07167,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A420B

secondary

#2B3686

accent

#4FF137

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A420B

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

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