#4A4E23#4A4E23

#4A4E23 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.064 H 113.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4E23
RGB	rgb(74, 78, 35)
HSL	hsl(66, 38%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 55.1%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, -8.89, 24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 26.21, 109.82°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% -0.0255 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.064 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8519, 7.0261, 2.6377)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4E23 #27234E

analogous

#4E3D23 #4A4E23 #354E23

triadic

#4A4E23 #234A4E #4E234A

tetradic

#4A4E23 #234E3D #27234E #4E2335

square

#4A4E23 #234E3D #27234E #4E2335

split-complementary

#4A4E23 #23354E #3D234E

monochromatic

#141509 #222410 #4A4E23 #727836 #9AA249

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#4A4E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4A4E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4E23

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4E23	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 78, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.064 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7f5f',
    500: '#4a4e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4e23;
$custom-light: #7e7f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.581,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40955,
    "c": 0.06367,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4E23

secondary

#504B82

accent

#5ACE65

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4E23

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

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