#4A470B#4A470B

#4A470B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.077 H 106.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A470B
RGB	rgb(74, 71, 11)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(57, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 85.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.38, -6.54, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.38, 34.34, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(38.9% -0.0218 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(38.9% 0.077 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1379, 5.9867, 1.2014)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A470B #0B0E4A

analogous

#4A280B #4A470B #2E4A0B

triadic

#4A470B #0B4A47 #470B4A

tetradic

#4A470B #0B4A28 #0B0E4A #4A0B2E

square

#4A470B #0B4A28 #0B0E4A #4A0B2E

split-complementary

#4A470B #0B2E4A #280B4A

monochromatic

#1B1A04 #1B1A04 #4A470B #7F7A13 #B5AD1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#4A470B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4A470B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A470B

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A470B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A470B	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4401

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4610

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50423C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a470b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 71, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.077 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7950',
    500: '#4a470b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a470b;
$custom-light: #7f7950;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a470b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38895,
    "c": 0.07672,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A470B

secondary

#2B2F86

accent

#40F137

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A470B

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

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