#4A4611#4A4611

#4A4611 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.071 H 105.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4611
RGB	rgb(74, 70, 17)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 77%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.10, -5.61, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.10, 31.46, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.69% -0.0185 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(38.69% 0.071 105)
XYZ	xyz(5.1156, 5.8768, 1.3951)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4611 #11154A

analogous

#4A2911 #4A4611 #324A11

triadic

#4A4611 #114A46 #46114A

tetradic

#4A4611 #114A29 #11154A #4A1132

square

#4A4611 #114A29 #11154A #4A1132

split-complementary

#4A4611 #11324A #29114A

monochromatic

#191806 #191806 #4A4611 #7C751C #AEA428

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#4A4611 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4A4611 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4611

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4611	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4611	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4309

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4615

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50413B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4611;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 70, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.071 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7953',
    500: '#4a4611',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4611;
$custom-light: #7f7953;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4611",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38686,
    "c": 0.07145,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.05877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4611

secondary

#333983

accent

#4EE642

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4611

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

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