#4A440B#4A440B

#4A440B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.074 H 103.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A440B
RGB	rgb(74, 68, 11)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(54, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 85.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.42, -4.71, 32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.42, 33.17, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(38.13% -0.0166 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(38.13% 0.074 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.9518, 5.6145, 1.1394)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A440B #0B114A

analogous

#4A250B #4A440B #314A0B

triadic

#4A440B #0B4A44 #440B4A

tetradic

#4A440B #0B4A25 #0B114A #4A0B31

square

#4A440B #0B4A25 #0B114A #4A0B31

split-complementary

#4A440B #0B314A #250B4A

monochromatic

#1B1804 #1B1804 #4A440B #7F7513 #B5A61B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4A440B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4A440B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A440B

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A440B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A440B	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D440F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a440b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 68, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.074 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f774f',
    500: '#4a440b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a440b;
$custom-light: #7f774f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a440b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38131,
    "c": 0.07361,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A440B

secondary

#2B3386

accent

#49F137

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A440B

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

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