#4A490B#4A490B

#4A490B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.079 H 108.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A490B
RGB	rgb(74, 73, 11)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(59, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 85.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.02, -7.75, 34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.02, 35.16, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(39.41% -0.0251 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(39.41% 0.079 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.2672, 6.2453, 1.2445)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A490B #0B0C4A

analogous

#4A2A0B #4A490B #2C4A0B

triadic

#4A490B #0B4A49 #490B4A

tetradic

#4A490B #0B4A2A #0B0C4A #4A0B2C

square

#4A490B #0B4A2A #0B0C4A #4A0B2C

split-complementary

#4A490B #0B2C4A #2A0B4A

monochromatic

#1B1A04 #1B1A04 #4A490B #7F7E13 #B5B21B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4A490B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4A490B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A490B

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A490B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A490B	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: #4a490b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 73, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.079 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b50',
    500: '#4a490b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a490b;
$custom-light: #7f7b50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a490b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39409,
    "c": 0.07892,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A490B

secondary

#2B2C86

accent

#3AF137

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A490B

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

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