#4A4412#4A4412

#4A4412 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.069 H 102.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4412
RGB	rgb(74, 68, 18)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 75.7%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.47, -4.32, 29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.47, 30.17, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% -0.0147 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.069 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0006, 5.6340, 1.3962)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4412 #12184A

analogous

#4A2812 #4A4412 #344A12

triadic

#4A4412 #124A44 #44124A

tetradic

#4A4412 #124A28 #12184A #4A1234

square

#4A4412 #124A28 #12184A #4A1234

split-complementary

#4A4412 #12344A #28124A

monochromatic

#191706 #191706 #4A4412 #7B711E #AC9E2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4A4412 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4A4412 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4412

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4412	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4412	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B420B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4415

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4412;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 68, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.069 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7753',
    500: '#4a4412',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4412;
$custom-light: #7f7753;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4412",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38188,
    "c": 0.0685,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4412

secondary

#353D83

accent

#55E444

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4412

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

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