#4A481C#4A481C

#4A481C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.063 H 106.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A481C
RGB	rgb(74, 72, 28)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 62.2%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.85, -5.99, 26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.85, 26.88, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% -0.0181 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.063 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3512, 6.1746, 2.0083)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A481C #1C1E4A

analogous

#4A311C #4A481C #354A1C

triadic

#4A481C #1C4A48 #481C4A

tetradic

#4A481C #1C4A31 #1C1E4A #4A1C35

square

#4A481C #1C4A31 #1C1E4A #4A1C35

split-complementary

#4A481C #1C354A #311C4A

monochromatic

#161608 #1E1D0B #4A481C #76732D #A39E3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4A481C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4A481C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A481C

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A481C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A481C	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F471E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a481c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 72, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.063 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7a5a',
    500: '#4a481c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a481c;
$custom-light: #7e7a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a481c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39318,
    "c": 0.06349,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A481C

secondary

#42457F

accent

#59D553

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A481C

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

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