#4A4513#4A4513

#4A4513 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.069 H 103.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4513
RGB	rgb(74, 69, 19)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 74.3%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.80, -4.87, 29.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.80, 30.11, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% -0.0161 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.069 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0699, 5.7593, 1.4606)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4513 #13184A

analogous

#4A2913 #4A4513 #334A13

triadic

#4A4513 #134A45 #45134A

tetradic

#4A4513 #134A29 #13184A #4A1333

square

#4A4513 #134A29 #13184A #4A1333

split-complementary

#4A4513 #13334A #29134A

monochromatic

#181706 #191806 #4A4513 #7B7220 #ABA02C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#4A4513 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4A4513 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4513

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4513	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4513	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)

#4C420C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4516

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4513;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 69, 19);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.069 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7854',
    500: '#4a4513',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4513;
$custom-light: #7f7854;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4513",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 19
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 59.14,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38451,
    "c": 0.06872,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4513

secondary

#363D83

accent

#54E245

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE8

border

#C9C8C4

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4513

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

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