#4A511B#4A511B

#4A511B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.076 H 116.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A511B
RGB	rgb(74, 81, 27)
HSL	hsl(68, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 66.7%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.74, -11.41, 29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.74, 32.05, 110.86°)
OKLab	oklab(41.63% -0.0336 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(41.63% 0.076 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9644, 7.4199, 2.1547)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A511B #221B51

analogous

#513D1B #4A511B #2F511B

triadic

#4A511B #1B4A51 #511B4A

tetradic

#4A511B #1B513D #221B51 #511B2F

square

#4A511B #1B513D #221B51 #511B2F

split-complementary

#4A511B #1B2F51 #3D1B51

monochromatic

#151708 #20230C #4A511B #747F2A #9EAD3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#4A511B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#4A511B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A511B

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A511B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A511B	1.00	8.45	2.48	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a511b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 81, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.076 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e815a',
    500: '#4a511b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a511b;
$custom-light: #7e815a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a511b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.778,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41627,
    "c": 0.07644,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A511B

secondary

#4A4187

accent

#4EDA60

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A511B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →