#4A4609#4A4609

#4A4609 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.077 H 105.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4609
RGB	rgb(74, 70, 9)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(56, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.05, -6.03, 34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.05, 34.67, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% -0.0205 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.077 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0637, 5.8561, 1.1220)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4609 #090D4A

analogous

#4A2609 #4A4609 #2E4A09

triadic

#4A4609 #094A46 #46094A

tetradic

#4A4609 #094A26 #090D4A #4A092E

square

#4A4609 #094A26 #090D4A #4A092E

split-complementary

#4A4609 #092E4A #26094A

monochromatic

#1B1A03 #1B1A03 #4A4609 #817A10 #B7AD16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#4A4609 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A4609 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4609

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4609	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4609	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F460E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4609;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 70, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.077 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f794f',
    500: '#4a4609',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4609;
$custom-light: #7f794f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4609",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38627,
    "c": 0.07683,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4609

secondary

#272D87

accent

#3FF533

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4609

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

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