#4A4409#4A4409

#4A4409 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.075 H 103.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4409
RGB	rgb(74, 68, 9)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(54, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, -4.80, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 33.92, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.12% -0.0171 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(38.12% 0.075 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.9407, 5.6100, 1.0810)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4409 #090F4A

analogous

#4A2409 #4A4409 #304A09

triadic

#4A4409 #094A44 #44094A

tetradic

#4A4409 #094A24 #090F4A #4A0930

square

#4A4409 #094A24 #090F4A #4A0930

split-complementary

#4A4409 #09304A #24094A

monochromatic

#1B1903 #1B1903 #4A4409 #817610 #B7A816

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#4A4409 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4A4409 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4409

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4409	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4409	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D440E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4409;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 68, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.075 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f774e',
    500: '#4a4409',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4409;
$custom-light: #7f774e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4409",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38118,
    "c": 0.0748,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4409

secondary

#273087

accent

#45F533

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4409

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

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