#4A500D#4A500D

#4A500D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.086 H 114.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A500D
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 13)
HSL	hsl(65, 72%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(65, 84%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 83.7%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.31, -11.77, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.31, 37.55, 108.26°)
OKLab	oklab(41.24% -0.0361 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(41.24% 0.086 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7655, 7.2223, 1.4710)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A500D #130D50

analogous

#50340D #4A500D #28500D

triadic

#4A500D #0D4A50 #500D4A

tetradic

#4A500D #0D5034 #130D50 #500D28

square

#4A500D #0D5034 #130D50 #500D28

split-complementary

#4A500D #0D2850 #340D50

monochromatic

#181A04 #191B04 #4A500D #7B8516 #ABB91E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#4A500D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4A500D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A500D

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A500D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A500D	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a500d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.086 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8052',
    500: '#4a500d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a500d;
$custom-light: #7f8052;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a500d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.373,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41242,
    "c": 0.08606,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A500D

secondary

#362E8B

accent

#39EF49

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEEE7

border

#C9C9C3

text

#0A0A02

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A500D

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

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