#4A500E#4A500E

#4A500E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.085 H 114.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A500E
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 14)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(65, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 82.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.31, -11.72, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.31, 37.19, 108.36°)
OKLab	oklab(41.25% -0.0359 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(41.25% 0.085 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7721, 7.2250, 1.5059)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A500E #140E50

analogous

#50350E #4A500E #29500E

triadic

#4A500E #0E4A50 #500E4A

tetradic

#4A500E #0E5035 #140E50 #500E29

square

#4A500E #0E5035 #140E50 #500E29

split-complementary

#4A500E #0E2950 #350E50

monochromatic

#181A05 #1A1C05 #4A500E #7A8417 #AAB820

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#4A500E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#4A500E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A500E

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A500E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A500E	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)

#564C02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a500e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.085 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8153',
    500: '#4a500e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a500e;
$custom-light: #7f8153;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a500e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41249,
    "c": 0.08545,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A500E

secondary

#382F8B

accent

#3BED4B

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEEE7

border

#C9C9C3

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A500E

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