#4A490A#4A490A

#4A490A 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	#4A490A
RGB	rgb(74, 73, 10)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(59, 86%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 86.5%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.02, -7.79, 34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.02, 35.51, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% -0.0253 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.08 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2616, 6.2430, 1.2150)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A490A #0A0B4A

analogous

#4A290A #4A490A #2B4A0A

triadic

#4A490A #0A4A49 #490A4A

tetradic

#4A490A #0A4A29 #0A0B4A #4A0A2B

square

#4A490A #0A4A29 #0A0B4A #4A0A2B

split-complementary

#4A490A #0A2B4A #290A4A

monochromatic

#1B1B04 #1B1B04 #4A490A #807E11 #B6B319

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4A490A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4A490A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A490A

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A490A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A490A	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)

#514810

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50443D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a490a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 73, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.080 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b50',
    500: '#4a490a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a490a;
$custom-light: #7f7b50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a490a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39403,
    "c": 0.0795,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A490A

secondary

#292A87

accent

#38F335

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A490A

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

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