#4A520B#4A520B

#4A520B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.090 H 116.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A520B
RGB	rgb(74, 82, 11)
HSL	hsl(67, 76%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(67, 87%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 86.6%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, -13.00, 36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 39.15, 109.40°)
OKLab	oklab(41.76% -0.0397 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(41.76% 0.09 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9019, 7.5147, 1.4561)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A520B #130B52

analogous

#52360B #4A520B #26520B

triadic

#4A520B #0B4A52 #520B4A

tetradic

#4A520B #0B5236 #130B52 #520B26

square

#4A520B #0B5236 #130B52 #520B26

split-complementary

#4A520B #0B2652 #360B52

monochromatic

#181B04 #191C04 #4A520B #7B8812 #ABBE19

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#4A520B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4A520B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A520B

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A520B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A520B	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584E12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a520b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 82, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.090 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8252',
    500: '#4a520b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a520b;
$custom-light: #7f8252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a520b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.761,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41755,
    "c": 0.08968,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A520B

secondary

#362B8E

accent

#35F34A

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE7

border

#CAC9C3

text

#0A0A02

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A520B

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

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