#4A4417#4A4417

#4A4417 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.064 H 101.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4417
RGB	rgb(74, 68, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 68.9%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.52, -3.97, 27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.52, 27.69, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(38.24% -0.013 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(38.24% 0.064 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0460, 5.6522, 1.6356)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4417 #171D4A

analogous

#4A2B17 #4A4417 #374A17

triadic

#4A4417 #174A44 #44174A

tetradic

#4A4417 #174A2B #171D4A #4A1737

square

#4A4417 #174A2B #171D4A #4A1737

split-complementary

#4A4417 #17374A #2B174A

monochromatic

#171507 #1B1908 #4A4417 #796F26 #A79A34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4A4417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4A4417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4417

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4417	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 68, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.064 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7756',
    500: '#4a4417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4417;
$custom-light: #7e7756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38241,
    "c": 0.06398,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4417

secondary

#3C4481

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4417

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

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