#4A4216#4A4216

#4A4216 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.063 H 99.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4216
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 22)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 70.3%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.87, -2.80, 27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.87, 27.38, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% -0.0098 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.063 99)
XYZ	xyz(4.9173, 5.4104, 1.5442)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4216 #161E4A

analogous

#4A2816 #4A4216 #384A16

triadic

#4A4216 #164A42 #42164A

tetradic

#4A4216 #164A28 #161E4A #4A1638

square

#4A4216 #164A28 #161E4A #4A1638

split-complementary

#4A4216 #16384A #28164A

monochromatic

#181507 #1B1808 #4A4216 #796C24 #A89632

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4A4216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4A4216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4216

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4216	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.063 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7655',
    500: '#4a4216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4216;
$custom-light: #7e7655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37727,
    "c": 0.06287,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.0541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4216

secondary

#3A4582

accent

#61DE4A

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4216

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

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