#4A4615#4A4615

#4A4615 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.068 H 104.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4615
RGB	rgb(74, 70, 21)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 71.6%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.13, -5.35, 29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.13, 29.57, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% -0.0172 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.068 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1497, 5.8905, 1.5750)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4615 #15194A

analogous

#4A2B15 #4A4615 #334A15

triadic

#4A4615 #154A46 #46154A

tetradic

#4A4615 #154A2B #15194A #4A1533

square

#4A4615 #154A2B #15194A #4A1533

split-complementary

#4A4615 #15334A #2B154A

monochromatic

#181707 #1A1907 #4A4615 #7A7323 #A9A030

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#4A4615 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4A4615 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4615

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4615	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4615	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D430F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4618

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50413C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4615;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 70, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.068 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7955',
    500: '#4a4615',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4615;
$custom-light: #7e7955;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4615",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38725,
    "c": 0.06806,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4615

secondary

#393E82

accent

#54DF49

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4615

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

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