#4A4309#4A4309

#4A4309 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.074 H 102.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4309
RGB	rgb(74, 67, 9)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(54, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.09, -4.19, 33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.09, 33.56, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(37.86% -0.0154 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(37.86% 0.074 102)
XYZ	xyz(4.8807, 5.4901, 1.0610)
Luminance	0.0549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4309 #09104A

analogous

#4A2309 #4A4309 #314A09

triadic

#4A4309 #094A43 #43094A

tetradic

#4A4309 #094A23 #09104A #4A0931

square

#4A4309 #094A23 #09104A #4A0931

split-complementary

#4A4309 #09314A #23094A

monochromatic

#1B1903 #1B1903 #4A4309 #817410 #B7A616

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.01

#4A4309 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4A4309 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4309

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4309	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4309	1.00	10.01	2.10	10.01
#FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C440E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4309;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 67, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.074 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f764e',
    500: '#4a4309',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4309;
$custom-light: #7f764e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4309",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37864,
    "c": 0.07383,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.0549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4309

secondary

#273287

accent

#48F533

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4309

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

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