#4A420C#4A420C

#4A420C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.071 H 100.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A420C
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 12)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(52, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 83.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.79, -3.43, 31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.79, 32.04, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.63% -0.0129 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(37.63% 0.071 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.8388, 5.3790, 1.1311)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A420C #0C144A

analogous

#4A230C #4A420C #334A0C

triadic

#4A420C #0C4A42 #420C4A

tetradic

#4A420C #0C4A23 #0C144A #4A0C33

square

#4A420C #0C4A23 #0C144A #4A0C33

split-complementary

#4A420C #0C334A #230C4A

monochromatic

#1A1704 #1A1704 #4A420C #7F7115 #B3A01D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#4A420C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4A420C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A420C

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A420C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A420C	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)

#494003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4310

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a420c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.071 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7650',
    500: '#4a420c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a420c;
$custom-light: #7f7650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a420c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37632,
    "c": 0.07102,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A420C

secondary

#2C3886

accent

#50EF39

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A420C

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

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