#4A4612#4A4612

#4A4612 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.071 H 104.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4612
RGB	rgb(74, 70, 18)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 75.7%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.11, -5.55, 30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.11, 31.01, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% -0.0182 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.071 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1236, 5.8800, 1.4372)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4612 #12164A

analogous

#4A2A12 #4A4612 #324A12

triadic

#4A4612 #124A46 #46124A

tetradic

#4A4612 #124A2A #12164A #4A1232

square

#4A4612 #124A2A #12164A #4A1232

split-complementary

#4A4612 #12324A #2A124A

monochromatic

#191706 #191706 #4A4612 #7B751E #ACA32A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#4A4612 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4A4612 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4612

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4612	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4612	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)

#4D430A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4615

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50413C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4612;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 70, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.071 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7953',
    500: '#4a4612',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4612;
$custom-light: #7f7953;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4612",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 60.87,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38695,
    "c": 0.07065,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4612

secondary

#353A83

accent

#4FE444

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4612

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

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