#4A4212#4A4212

#4A4212 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.066 H 99.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4212
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 18)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 75.7%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.84, -3.09, 29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.84, 29.37, 96.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.68% -0.0112 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(37.68% 0.066 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8817, 5.3962, 1.3566)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4212 #121A4A

analogous

#4A2612 #4A4212 #364A12

triadic

#4A4212 #124A42 #42124A

tetradic

#4A4212 #124A26 #121A4A #4A1236

square

#4A4212 #124A26 #121A4A #4A1236

split-complementary

#4A4212 #12364A #26124A

monochromatic

#191606 #191606 #4A4212 #7B6E1E #AC9A2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#4A4212 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4A4212 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4212

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4212	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4212	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)

#49400B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4212;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.066 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7653',
    500: '#4a4212',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4212;
$custom-light: #7f7653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4212",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37684,
    "c": 0.06649,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4212

secondary

#354083

accent

#5BE444

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4212

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

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