#4A4217#4A4217

#4A4217 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.062 H 98.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4217
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 23)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 68.9%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.88, -2.72, 26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.88, 26.85, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(37.74% -0.0095 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(37.74% 0.062 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.9271, 5.4144, 1.5960)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4217 #171F4A

analogous

#4A2917 #4A4217 #394A17

triadic

#4A4217 #174A42 #42174A

tetradic

#4A4217 #174A29 #171F4A #4A1739

square

#4A4217 #174A29 #171F4A #4A1739

split-complementary

#4A4217 #17394A #29174A

monochromatic

#171507 #1B1808 #4A4217 #796C26 #A79534

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#4A4217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4A4217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4217

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4217	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.062 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7656',
    500: '#4a4217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4217;
$custom-light: #7e7656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37739,
    "c": 0.0619,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4217

secondary

#3C4781

accent

#62DC4C

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4217

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

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