#4A4909#4A4909

#4A4909 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.080 H 108.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4909
RGB	rgb(74, 73, 9)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(59, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.01, -7.83, 35.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.01, 35.86, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% -0.0256 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.08 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2561, 6.2408, 1.1861)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4909 #090A4A

analogous

#4A2909 #4A4909 #2B4A09

triadic

#4A4909 #094A49 #49094A

tetradic

#4A4909 #094A29 #090A4A #4A092B

square

#4A4909 #094A29 #090A4A #4A092B

split-complementary

#4A4909 #092B4A #29094A

monochromatic

#1B1B03 #1B1B03 #4A4909 #817F10 #B7B516

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4A4909 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4A4909 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4909

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4909	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4909	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51480F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50443D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4909;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 73, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.080 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b4f',
    500: '#4a4909',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4909;
$custom-light: #7f7b4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4909",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39397,
    "c": 0.08006,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4909

secondary

#272987

accent

#36F533

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4909

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

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