#4A4E16#4A4E16

#4A4E16 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.077 H 113.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4E16
RGB	rgb(74, 78, 22)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 71.8%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, -10.06, 31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 32.88, 107.82°)
OKLab	oklab(40.79% -0.0304 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(40.79% 0.077 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.6934, 6.9627, 1.8029)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4E16 #1A164E

analogous

#4E3616 #4A4E16 #2E4E16

triadic

#4A4E16 #164A4E #4E164A

tetradic

#4A4E16 #164E36 #1A164E #4E162E

square

#4A4E16 #164E36 #1A164E #4E162E

split-complementary

#4A4E16 #162E4E #36164E

monochromatic

#171807 #1D1E09 #4A4E16 #777E23 #A5AD31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#4A4E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4A4E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4E16

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4E16	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544B1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 78, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.077 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f57',
    500: '#4a4e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4e16;
$custom-light: #7e7f57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40793,
    "c": 0.07695,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4E16

secondary

#403A85

accent

#49DF53

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4E16

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

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