#4A490F#4A490F

#4A490F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.076 H 108.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A490F
RGB	rgb(74, 73, 15)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 79.7%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.05, -7.55, 32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.05, 33.62, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.44% -0.0241 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(39.44% 0.076 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2930, 6.2556, 1.3805)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A490F #0F104A

analogous

#4A2C0F #4A490F #2E4A0F

triadic

#4A490F #0F4A49 #490F4A

tetradic

#4A490F #0F4A2C #0F104A #4A0F2E

square

#4A490F #0F4A2C #0F104A #4A0F2E

split-complementary

#4A490F #0F2E4A #2C0F4A

monochromatic

#191905 #191905 #4A490F #7D7B19 #B0AD24

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#4A490F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4A490F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A490F

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A490F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A490F	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)

#504605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514813

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50443E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a490f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 73, 15);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.076 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7b52',
    500: '#4a490f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a490f;
$custom-light: #7f7b52;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a490f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 15
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 66.292,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39438,
    "c": 0.07632,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A490F

secondary

#303284

accent

#41E93F

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A490F

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