#4A490D#4A490D

#4A490D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.078 H 108.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A490D
RGB	rgb(74, 73, 13)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 82.4%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.04, -7.65, 33.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.04, 34.42, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(39.42% -0.0247 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(39.42% 0.078 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2794, 6.2502, 1.3090)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A490D #0D0E4A

analogous

#4A2B0D #4A490D #2D4A0D

triadic

#4A490D #0D4A49 #490D4A

tetradic

#4A490D #0D4A2B #0D0E4A #4A0D2D

square

#4A490D #0D4A2B #0D0E4A #4A0D2D

split-complementary

#4A490D #0D2D4A #2B0D4A

monochromatic

#1A1A05 #1A1A05 #4A490D #7E7C16 #B2B01F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#4A490D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4A490D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A490D

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A490D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A490D	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504603

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514812

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50443E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a490d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 73, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.078 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b51',
    500: '#4a490d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a490d;
$custom-light: #7f7b51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a490d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39423,
    "c": 0.07768,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A490D

secondary

#2E2F85

accent

#3EED3B

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A490D

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

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