#4A4211#4A4211

#4A4211 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.067 H 99.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4211
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 17)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 77%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.83, -3.15, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.83, 29.85, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% -0.0115 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.067 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.8737, 5.3930, 1.3144)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4211 #11194A

analogous

#4A2511 #4A4211 #354A11

triadic

#4A4211 #114A42 #42114A

tetradic

#4A4211 #114A25 #11194A #4A1135

square

#4A4211 #114A25 #11194A #4A1135

split-complementary

#4A4211 #11354A #25114A

monochromatic

#191606 #191606 #4A4211 #7C6E1C #AE9B28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#4A4211 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4A4211 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4211

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4211	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4211	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49400A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4314

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4211;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.067 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7652',
    500: '#4a4211',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4211;
$custom-light: #7f7652;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4211",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37674,
    "c": 0.06732,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4211

secondary

#333F83

accent

#59E642

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4211

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

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