#4A460B#4A460B

#4A460B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.076 H 105.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A460B
RGB	rgb(74, 70, 11)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(56, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 85.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.06, -5.94, 33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.06, 33.94, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(38.64% -0.0201 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(38.64% 0.076 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0748, 5.8605, 1.1804)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A460B #0B0F4A

analogous

#4A270B #4A460B #2F4A0B

triadic

#4A460B #0B4A46 #460B4A

tetradic

#4A460B #0B4A27 #0B0F4A #4A0B2F

square

#4A460B #0B4A27 #0B0F4A #4A0B2F

split-complementary

#4A460B #0B2F4A #270B4A

monochromatic

#1B1904 #1B1904 #4A460B #7F7813 #B5AB1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#4A460B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A460B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A460B

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A460B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A460B	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)

#4D4301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4610

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50413B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a460b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 70, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.076 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7950',
    500: '#4a460b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a460b;
$custom-light: #7f7950;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a460b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3864,
    "c": 0.07565,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A460B

secondary

#2B3086

accent

#43F137

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A460B

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

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