#4A490E#4A490E

#4A490E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.077 H 108.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A490E
RGB	rgb(74, 73, 14)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 81.1%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.04, -7.60, 33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.04, 34.02, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(39.43% -0.0244 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(39.43% 0.077 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2860, 6.2528, 1.3438)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A490E #0E0F4A

analogous

#4A2B0E #4A490E #2D4A0E

triadic

#4A490E #0E4A49 #490E4A

tetradic

#4A490E #0E4A2B #0E0F4A #4A0E2D

square

#4A490E #0E4A2B #0E0F4A #4A0E2D

split-complementary

#4A490E #0E2D4A #2B0E4A

monochromatic

#1A1905 #1A1905 #4A490E #7D7C18 #B1AF21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#4A490E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4A490E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A490E

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A490E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A490E	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)

#504604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514813

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50443E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a490e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 73, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.077 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b52',
    500: '#4a490e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a490e;
$custom-light: #7f7b52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a490e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3943,
    "c": 0.07702,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A490E

secondary

#2F3085

accent

#40EB3D

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A490E

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

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