#4A4711#4A4711

#4A4711 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.073 H 106.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4711
RGB	rgb(74, 71, 17)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 77%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.42, -6.22, 31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.42, 31.89, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.94% -0.0202 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(38.94% 0.073 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1787, 6.0030, 1.4161)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4711 #11144A

analogous

#4A2A11 #4A4711 #304A11

triadic

#4A4711 #114A47 #47114A

tetradic

#4A4711 #114A2A #11144A #4A1130

square

#4A4711 #114A2A #11144A #4A1130

split-complementary

#4A4711 #11304A #2A114A

monochromatic

#191806 #191806 #4A4711 #7C771C #AEA628

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#4A4711 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4A4711 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4711

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4711	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4711	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4615

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50423C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4711;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 71, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.073 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a53',
    500: '#4a4711',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4711;
$custom-light: #7f7a53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4711",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38941,
    "c": 0.07256,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4711

secondary

#333883

accent

#4BE642

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4711

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

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