#4A4411#4A4411

#4A4411 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.069 H 102.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4411
RGB	rgb(74, 68, 17)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 77%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.46, -4.39, 30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.46, 30.64, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.18% -0.015 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(38.18% 0.069 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9926, 5.6308, 1.3541)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4411 #11174A

analogous

#4A2711 #4A4411 #334A11

triadic

#4A4411 #114A44 #44114A

tetradic

#4A4411 #114A27 #11174A #4A1133

square

#4A4411 #114A27 #11174A #4A1133

split-complementary

#4A4411 #11334A #27114A

monochromatic

#191706 #191706 #4A4411 #7C721C #AE9F28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#4A4411 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4A4411 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4411

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4411	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4411	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4414

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4411;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 68, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.069 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7753',
    500: '#4a4411',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4411;
$custom-light: #7f7753;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4411",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38179,
    "c": 0.06931,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4411

secondary

#333C83

accent

#53E642

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4411

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

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