#4A481D#4A481D

#4A481D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.062 H 106.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A481D
RGB	rgb(74, 72, 29)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 60.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.86, -5.90, 25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.86, 26.34, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(39.33% -0.0177 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(39.33% 0.062 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3633, 6.1794, 2.0724)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A481D #1D1F4A

analogous

#4A311D #4A481D #364A1D

triadic

#4A481D #1D4A48 #481D4A

tetradic

#4A481D #1D4A31 #1D1F4A #4A1D36

square

#4A481D #1D4A31 #1D1F4A #4A1D36

split-complementary

#4A481D #1D364A #311D4A

monochromatic

#161509 #1E1D0C #4A481D #76732E #A29E3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4A481D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4A481D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A481D

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A481D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A481D	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F471F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a481d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 72, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.062 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7a5b',
    500: '#4a481d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a481d;
$custom-light: #7e7a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a481d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 43.689,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39331,
    "c": 0.0624,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A481D

secondary

#44467F

accent

#5AD354

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A481D

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

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