#4A4516#4A4516

#4A4516 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.066 H 103.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4516
RGB	rgb(74, 69, 22)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 70.3%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.83, -4.66, 28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.83, 28.64, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% -0.0151 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.066 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.0972, 5.7702, 1.6042)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4516 #161B4A

analogous

#4A2B16 #4A4516 #354A16

triadic

#4A4516 #164A45 #45164A

tetradic

#4A4516 #164A2B #161B4A #4A1635

square

#4A4516 #164A2B #161B4A #4A1635

split-complementary

#4A4516 #16354A #2B164A

monochromatic

#181607 #1B1908 #4A4516 #797124 #A89D32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#4A4516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4A4516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4516

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4516	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 69, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.066 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7856',
    500: '#4a4516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4516;
$custom-light: #7e7856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38482,
    "c": 0.06603,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4516

secondary

#3A4182

accent

#58DE4A

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4516

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

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