#4A483E#4A483E

#4A483E is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.016 H 97.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A483E
RGB	rgb(74, 72, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 9%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(50, 16%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 16.2%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, -1.19, 6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 6.42, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(40.04% -0.0022 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(40.04% 0.016 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0108, 6.4384, 5.4826)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A483E #3E404A

analogous

#4A423E #4A483E #464A3E

triadic

#4A483E #3E4A48 #483E4A

tetradic

#4A483E #3E4A42 #3E404A #4A3E46

square

#4A483E #3E4A42 #3E404A #4A3E46

split-complementary

#4A483E #3E464A #423E4A

monochromatic

#11100E #292822 #4A483E #6B685A #8C8976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4A483E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4A483E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A483E

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A483E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A483E	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B483E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a483e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 72, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.016 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7a73',
    500: '#4a483e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a483e;
$custom-light: #7c7a73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a483e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 8.824,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40038,
    "c": 0.01648,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A483E

secondary

#6B6D79

accent

#80B276

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#090908

muted

#7B7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A483E

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

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