#4A480B#4A480B

#4A480B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.078 H 107.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A480B
RGB	rgb(74, 72, 11)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(58, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 85.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.70, -7.15, 34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.70, 34.75, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.15% -0.0235 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(39.15% 0.078 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2020, 6.1149, 1.2228)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A480B #0B0D4A

analogous

#4A290B #4A480B #2D4A0B

triadic

#4A480B #0B4A48 #480B4A

tetradic

#4A480B #0B4A29 #0B0D4A #4A0B2D

square

#4A480B #0B4A29 #0B0D4A #4A0B2D

split-complementary

#4A480B #0B2D4A #290B4A

monochromatic

#1B1A04 #1B1A04 #4A480B #7F7C13 #B5B01B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#4A480B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4A480B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A480B

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A480B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A480B	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504710

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50433D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a480b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 72, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.078 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a50',
    500: '#4a480b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a480b;
$custom-light: #7f7a50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a480b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39152,
    "c": 0.07781,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A480B

secondary

#2B2D86

accent

#3DF137

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A480B

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

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