#4A442A#4A442A

#4A442A is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.041 H 96.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A442A
RGB	rgb(74, 68, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 28%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(49, 43%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 43.2%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.79, -1.94, 16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.79, 16.79, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(38.55% -0.0048 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(38.55% 0.041 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.3092, 5.7574, 3.0217)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A442A #2A304A

analogous

#4A342A #4A442A #404A2A

triadic

#4A442A #2A4A44 #442A4A

tetradic

#4A442A #2A4A34 #2A304A #4A2A40

square

#4A442A #2A4A34 #2A304A #4A2A40

split-complementary

#4A442A #2A404A #342A4A

monochromatic

#14120B #232014 #4A442A #716840 #988C56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#4A442A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4A442A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A442A

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A442A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A442A	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B452B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F403D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a442a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 68, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.041 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7764',
    500: '#4a442a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a442a;
$custom-light: #7d7764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a442a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 27.586,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38548,
    "c": 0.04127,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A442A

secondary

#545B7C

accent

#76C464

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDEA

border

#C9C8C6

text

#0A0805

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A442A

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

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