#4A4517#4A4517

#4A4517 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.065 H 103.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4517
RGB	rgb(74, 69, 23)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 68.9%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.84, -4.58, 27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.84, 28.13, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(38.49% -0.0148 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(38.49% 0.065 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1070, 5.7741, 1.6560)
Luminance	0.0577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4517 #171C4A

analogous

#4A2C17 #4A4517 #364A17

triadic

#4A4517 #174A45 #45174A

tetradic

#4A4517 #174A2C #171C4A #4A1736

square

#4A4517 #174A2C #171C4A #4A1736

split-complementary

#4A4517 #17364A #2C174A

monochromatic

#171607 #1B1908 #4A4517 #797126 #A79C34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#4A4517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4A4517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4517

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4517	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)

#4C4312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D451A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 69, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.065 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7856',
    500: '#4a4517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4517;
$custom-light: #7e7856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38494,
    "c": 0.06507,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4517

secondary

#3C4281

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4517

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →