#4A4A09#4A4A09

#4A4A09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.081 H 109.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4A09
RGB	rgb(74, 74, 9)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(60, 88%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 87.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.34, -8.43, 35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.34, 36.27, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(39.66% -0.0272 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(39.66% 0.081 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3223, 6.3733, 1.2082)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4A09 #09094A

analogous

#4A2A09 #4A4A09 #2A4A09

triadic

#4A4A09 #094A4A #4A094A

tetradic

#4A4A09 #094A2A #09094A #4A092A

square

#4A4A09 #094A2A #09094A #4A092A

split-complementary

#4A4A09 #092A4A #2A094A

monochromatic

#1B1B03 #1B1B03 #4A4A09 #818110 #B7B716

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#4A4A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4A4A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4A09

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4A09	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52480F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50453E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 74, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.081 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7c4f',
    500: '#4a4a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4a09;
$custom-light: #7f7c4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 78.313,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39655,
    "c": 0.08118,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4A09

secondary

#272787

accent

#33F533

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE7

border

#CAC9C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4A09

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

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