#4A520C#4A520C

#4A520C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.089 H 116.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A520C
RGB	rgb(74, 82, 12)
HSL	hsl(67, 74%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(67, 85%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 85.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.96, -12.96, 36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.96, 38.82, 109.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.76% -0.0395 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(41.76% 0.089 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9079, 7.5171, 1.4875)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A520C #140C52

analogous

#52370C #4A520C #27520C

triadic

#4A520C #0C4A52 #520C4A

tetradic

#4A520C #0C5237 #140C52 #520C27

square

#4A520C #0C5237 #140C52 #520C27

split-complementary

#4A520C #0C2752 #370C52

monochromatic

#181B04 #1A1D04 #4A520C #7A8714 #AABD1C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#4A520C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#4A520C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A520C

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A520C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A520C	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)

#584E13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a520c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 82, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.089 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8252',
    500: '#4a520c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a520c;
$custom-light: #7f8252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a520c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.857,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41761,
    "c": 0.08914,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A520C

secondary

#382C8D

accent

#37F14C

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE7

border

#CAC9C3

text

#0A0A02

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A520C

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

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