#4A501B#4A501B

#4A501B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.075 H 115.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A501B
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 66.3%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, -10.83, 29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 31.51, 110.11°)
OKLab	oklab(41.37% -0.0319 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(41.37% 0.075 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.8907, 7.2724, 2.1301)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A501B #211B50

analogous

#503B1B #4A501B #2F501B

triadic

#4A501B #1B4A50 #501B4A

tetradic

#4A501B #1B503B #211B50 #501B2F

square

#4A501B #1B503B #211B50 #501B2F

split-complementary

#4A501B #1B2F50 #3B1B50

monochromatic

#151708 #20220C #4A501B #747E2A #9FAC3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#4A501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4A501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A501B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A501B	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554D1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.075 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e815a',
    500: '#4a501b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a501b;
$custom-light: #7e815a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.792,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41367,
    "c": 0.07506,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A501B

secondary

#494186

accent

#4FD95E

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A501B

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

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