#4A4E22#4A4E22

#4A4E22 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.065 H 113.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4E22
RGB	rgb(74, 78, 34)
HSL	hsl(65, 39%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 56.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.85, -8.99, 25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.85, 26.76, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.94% -0.0259 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(40.94% 0.065 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8373, 7.0202, 2.5606)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4E22 #26224E

analogous

#4E3C22 #4A4E22 #344E22

triadic

#4A4E22 #224A4E #4E224A

tetradic

#4A4E22 #224E3C #26224E #4E2234

square

#4A4E22 #224E3C #26224E #4E2234

split-complementary

#4A4E22 #22344E #3C224E

monochromatic

#141509 #22230F #4A4E22 #727935 #9BA347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#4A4E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#4A4E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4E22

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4E22	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 78, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.065 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f5e',
    500: '#4a4e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4e22;
$custom-light: #7e7f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4094,
    "c": 0.06482,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4E22

secondary

#4F4A82

accent

#59CF63

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4E22

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

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