#4A4514#4A4514

#4A4514 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.068 H 103.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4514
RGB	rgb(74, 69, 20)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 73%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.81, -4.81, 29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.81, 29.63, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% -0.0158 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.068 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0786, 5.7628, 1.5065)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4514 #14194A

analogous

#4A2A14 #4A4514 #344A14

triadic

#4A4514 #144A45 #45144A

tetradic

#4A4514 #144A2A #14194A #4A1434

square

#4A4514 #144A2A #14194A #4A1434

split-complementary

#4A4514 #14344A #2A144A

monochromatic

#181607 #1A1807 #4A4514 #7A7221 #AA9F2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#4A4514 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4A4514 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4514

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4514	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4514	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)

#4C430E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4517

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4514;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 69, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.068 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7854',
    500: '#4a4514',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4514;
$custom-light: #7f7854;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4514",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38461,
    "c": 0.06785,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4514

secondary

#383E82

accent

#55E147

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE8

border

#C9C8C4

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4514

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

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