#4A460F#4A460F

#4A460F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.073 H 105.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A460F
RGB	rgb(74, 70, 15)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 79.7%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, -5.73, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 32.34, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% -0.019 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.073 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1006, 5.8708, 1.3164)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A460F #0F134A

analogous

#4A280F #4A460F #314A0F

triadic

#4A460F #0F4A46 #460F4A

tetradic

#4A460F #0F4A28 #0F134A #4A0F31

square

#4A460F #0F4A28 #0F134A #4A0F31

split-complementary

#4A460F #0F314A #280F4A

monochromatic

#191805 #191805 #4A460F #7D7619 #B0A624

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4A460F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A460F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A460F

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A460F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A460F	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)

#4D4306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4613

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50413B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a460f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 70, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.073 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7952',
    500: '#4a460f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a460f;
$custom-light: #7f7952;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a460f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38669,
    "c": 0.07297,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A460F

secondary

#303684

accent

#4AE93F

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A460F

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

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