#4A460D#4A460D

#4A460D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.074 H 105.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A460D
RGB	rgb(74, 70, 13)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 82.4%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.07, -5.84, 32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.07, 33.17, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% -0.0196 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.074 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0871, 5.8654, 1.2449)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A460D #0D114A

analogous

#4A280D #4A460D #304A0D

triadic

#4A460D #0D4A46 #460D4A

tetradic

#4A460D #0D4A28 #0D114A #4A0D30

square

#4A460D #0D4A28 #0D114A #4A0D30

split-complementary

#4A460D #0D304A #280D4A

monochromatic

#1A1905 #1A1905 #4A460D #7E7716 #B2A81F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4A460D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A460D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A460D

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A460D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A460D	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4611

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50413B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a460d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 70, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.074 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7951',
    500: '#4a460d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a460d;
$custom-light: #7f7951;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a460d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38654,
    "c": 0.07437,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A460D

secondary

#2E3385

accent

#47ED3B

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A460D

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

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