#4A440E#4A440E

#4A440E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.072 H 102.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A440E
RGB	rgb(74, 68, 14)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 81.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.44, -4.56, 31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.44, 31.96, 98.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% -0.0159 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.072 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.9706, 5.6220, 1.2387)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A440E #0E144A

analogous

#4A260E #4A440E #324A0E

triadic

#4A440E #0E4A44 #440E4A

tetradic

#4A440E #0E4A26 #0E144A #4A0E32

square

#4A440E #0E4A26 #0E144A #4A0E32

split-complementary

#4A440E #0E324A #260E4A

monochromatic

#1A1805 #1A1805 #4A440E #7D7318 #B1A321

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4A440E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4A440E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A440E

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A440E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A440E	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)

#4B4205

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4412

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a440e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 68, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.072 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7751',
    500: '#4a440e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a440e;
$custom-light: #7f7751;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a440e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38153,
    "c": 0.07159,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A440E

secondary

#2F3885

accent

#4EEB3D

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A440E

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

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