#4A420D#4A420D

#4A420D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.070 H 100.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A420D
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 13)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(52, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 82.4%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.80, -3.38, 31.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.80, 31.63, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(37.64% -0.0126 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(37.64% 0.07 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.8451, 5.3816, 1.1642)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A420D #0D154A

analogous

#4A240D #4A420D #344A0D

triadic

#4A420D #0D4A42 #420D4A

tetradic

#4A420D #0D4A24 #0D154A #4A0D34

square

#4A420D #0D4A24 #0D154A #4A0D34

split-complementary

#4A420D #0D344A #240D4A

monochromatic

#1A1705 #1A1705 #4A420D #7E7016 #B29F1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#4A420D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4A420D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A420D

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A420D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A420D	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4311

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a420d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.070 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7650',
    500: '#4a420d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a420d;
$custom-light: #7f7650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a420d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3764,
    "c": 0.07034,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A420D

secondary

#2E3985

accent

#52ED3B

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A420D

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

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