#4A440D#4A440D

#4A440D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.072 H 102.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A440D
RGB	rgb(74, 68, 13)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(54, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 82.4%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, -4.62, 32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 32.38, 98.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% -0.0161 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.072 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.9640, 5.6194, 1.2039)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A440D #0D134A

analogous

#4A260D #4A440D #324A0D

triadic

#4A440D #0D4A44 #440D4A

tetradic

#4A440D #0D4A26 #0D134A #4A0D32

square

#4A440D #0D4A26 #0D134A #4A0D32

split-complementary

#4A440D #0D324A #260D4A

monochromatic

#1A1805 #1A1805 #4A440D #7E7416 #B2A41F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4A440D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4A440D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A440D

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A440D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A440D	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)

#4B4204

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4411

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a440d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 68, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.072 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7750',
    500: '#4a440d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a440d;
$custom-light: #7f7750;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a440d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38145,
    "c": 0.07229,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A440D

secondary

#2E3685

accent

#4CED3B

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A440D

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

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