#4A511D#4A511D

#4A511D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.074 H 116.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A511D
RGB	rgb(74, 81, 29)
HSL	hsl(68, 47%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 64.2%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.77, -11.24, 28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.77, 31.05, 111.22°)
OKLab	oklab(41.65% -0.0328 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(41.65% 0.074 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9884, 7.4295, 2.2807)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A511D #241D51

analogous

#513E1D #4A511D #30511D

triadic

#4A511D #1D4A51 #511D4A

tetradic

#4A511D #1D513E #241D51 #511D30

square

#4A511D #1D513E #241D51 #511D30

split-complementary

#4A511D #1D3051 #3E1D51

monochromatic

#151708 #21240D #4A511D #737E2D #9CAB3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#4A511D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4A511D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A511D

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A511D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A511D	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a511d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 81, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.074 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e815b',
    500: '#4a511d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a511d;
$custom-light: #7e815b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a511d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.077,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41651,
    "c": 0.07447,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A511D

secondary

#4D4486

accent

#51D763

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A511D

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

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