#4A4616#4A4616

#4A4616 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.067 H 104.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4616
RGB	rgb(74, 70, 22)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 70.3%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.14, -5.27, 28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.14, 29.08, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% -0.0169 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.067 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1592, 5.8943, 1.6248)
Luminance	0.0589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4616 #161A4A

analogous

#4A2C16 #4A4616 #344A16

triadic

#4A4616 #164A46 #46164A

tetradic

#4A4616 #164A2C #161A4A #4A1634

square

#4A4616 #164A2C #161A4A #4A1634

split-complementary

#4A4616 #16344A #2C164A

monochromatic

#181607 #1B1908 #4A4616 #797324 #A89F32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#4A4616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4A4616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4616

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4616	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)

#4D4310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4619

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50413C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 70, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.067 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7956',
    500: '#4a4616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4616;
$custom-light: #7e7956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38736,
    "c": 0.06714,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4616

secondary

#3A4082

accent

#56DE4A

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4616

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

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