#4A4311#4A4311

#4A4311 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.068 H 101.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4311
RGB	rgb(74, 67, 17)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 77%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.14, -3.77, 30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.14, 30.24, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% -0.0133 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.068 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.9326, 5.5108, 1.3341)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4311 #11184A

analogous

#4A2711 #4A4311 #344A11

triadic

#4A4311 #114A43 #43114A

tetradic

#4A4311 #114A27 #11184A #4A1134

square

#4A4311 #114A27 #11184A #4A1134

split-complementary

#4A4311 #11344A #27114A

monochromatic

#191706 #191706 #4A4311 #7C701C #AE9D28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#4A4311 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4A4311 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4311

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4311	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4311	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A410A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4414

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4311;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 67, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.068 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7652',
    500: '#4a4311',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4311;
$custom-light: #7f7652;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4311",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37926,
    "c": 0.0683,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4311

secondary

#333D83

accent

#56E642

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4311

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

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