#4A501D#4A501D

#4A501D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.073 H 115.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A501D
RGB	rgb(74, 80, 29)
HSL	hsl(67, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.5%, 0%, 63.7%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.44, -10.66, 28.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.44, 30.51, 110.45°)
OKLab	oklab(41.39% -0.0312 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(41.39% 0.073 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9146, 7.2820, 2.2561)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A501D #231D50

analogous

#503D1D #4A501D #31501D

triadic

#4A501D #1D4A50 #501D4A

tetradic

#4A501D #1D503D #231D50 #501D31

square

#4A501D #1D503D #231D50 #501D31

split-complementary

#4A501D #1D3150 #3D1D50

monochromatic

#151608 #20230D #4A501D #747D2D #9DAA3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#4A501D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#4A501D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A501D

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A501D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A501D	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a501d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 80, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.073 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e815b',
    500: '#4a501d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a501d;
$custom-light: #7e815b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a501d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 46.789,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41391,
    "c": 0.07307,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A501D

secondary

#4B4485

accent

#51D661

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A501D

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

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