#4A4414#4A4414

#4A4414 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.067 H 102.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4414
RGB	rgb(74, 68, 20)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 73%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.49, -4.19, 28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.49, 29.21, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% -0.0141 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.067 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0176, 5.6408, 1.4862)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4414 #141A4A

analogous

#4A2914 #4A4414 #354A14

triadic

#4A4414 #144A44 #44144A

tetradic

#4A4414 #144A29 #141A4A #4A1435

square

#4A4414 #144A29 #141A4A #4A1435

split-complementary

#4A4414 #14354A #29144A

monochromatic

#181607 #1A1807 #4A4414 #7A7021 #AA9D2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4A4414 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4A4414 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4414

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4414	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4414	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)

#4B420E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4414;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 68, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.067 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7754',
    500: '#4a4414',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4414;
$custom-light: #7f7754;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4414",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38208,
    "c": 0.06678,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4414

secondary

#384082

accent

#58E147

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE8

border

#C9C8C4

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4414

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

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