#4A511E#4A511E

#4A511E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.073 H 116.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A511E
RGB	rgb(74, 81, 30)
HSL	hsl(68, 46%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(68, 63%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 63%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.78, -11.15, 28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.78, 30.54, 111.40°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% -0.0325 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.073 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0009, 7.4345, 2.3469)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A511E #251E51

analogous

#513F1E #4A511E #31511E

triadic

#4A511E #1E4A51 #511E4A

tetradic

#4A511E #1E513F #251E51 #511E31

square

#4A511E #1E513F #251E51 #511E31

split-complementary

#4A511E #1E3151 #3F1E51

monochromatic

#141608 #21240D #4A511E #737E2F #9CAA3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#4A511E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#4A511E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A511E

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A511E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A511E	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a511e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 81, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.073 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e815c',
    500: '#4a511e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a511e;
$custom-light: #7e815c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a511e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.235,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41663,
    "c": 0.07346,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A511E

secondary

#4E4586

accent

#52D664

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A511E

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

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