#4A481E#4A481E

#4A481E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.061 H 106.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A481E
RGB	rgb(74, 72, 30)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 59.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, -5.80, 25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 25.79, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(39.35% -0.0173 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(39.35% 0.061 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3759, 6.1845, 2.1386)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A481E #1E204A

analogous

#4A321E #4A481E #364A1E

triadic

#4A481E #1E4A48 #481E4A

tetradic

#4A481E #1E4A32 #1E204A #4A1E36

square

#4A481E #1E4A32 #1E204A #4A1E36

split-complementary

#4A481E #1E364A #321E4A

monochromatic

#161509 #1E1E0C #4A481E #767230 #A19D41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#4A481E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4A481E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A481E

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A481E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A481E	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)

#4E451A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F433F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a481e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 72, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.061 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7a5b',
    500: '#4a481e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a481e;
$custom-light: #7e7a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a481e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 42.308,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39345,
    "c": 0.06129,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A481E

secondary

#45487F

accent

#5BD256

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A481E

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

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