#4A462E#4A462E

#4A462E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.038 H 99.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A462E
RGB	rgb(74, 70, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 23%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 37.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.50, -2.63, 15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.50, 15.33, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% -0.0065 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.038 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5074, 6.0336, 3.4587)
Luminance	0.0603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A462E #2E324A

analogous

#4A382E #4A462E #404A2E

triadic

#4A462E #2E4A46 #462E4A

tetradic

#4A462E #2E4A38 #2E324A #4A2E40

square

#4A462E #2E4A38 #2E324A #4A2E40

split-complementary

#4A462E #2E404A #382E4A

monochromatic

#13120C #242217 #4A462E #706A45 #958D5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#4A462E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4A462E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A462E

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A462E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A462E	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A452C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C462F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a462e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 70, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.038 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7967',
    500: '#4a462e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a462e;
$custom-light: #7d7967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a462e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 23.333,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3913,
    "c": 0.03806,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A462E

secondary

#595E7B

accent

#75C068

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#090906

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A462E

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

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