#4A540D#4A540D

#4A540D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.091 H 117.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A540D
RGB	rgb(74, 84, 13)
HSL	hsl(68, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(68, 85%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 0%, 84.5%, 67.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.62, -14.04, 36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.62, 39.43, 110.86°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% -0.0424 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.091 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0672, 7.8256, 1.5716)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A540D #170D54

analogous

#543B0D #4A540D #27540D

triadic

#4A540D #0D4A54 #540D4A

tetradic

#4A540D #0D543B #170D54 #540D27

square

#4A540D #0D543B #170D54 #540D27

split-complementary

#4A540D #0D2754 #3B0D54

monochromatic

#171A04 #1B1F05 #4A540D #798915 #A7BE1D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#4A540D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#4A540D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A540D

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A540D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A540D	1.00	8.19	2.57	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A4F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a540d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 84, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.091 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8453',
    500: '#4a540d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a540d;
$custom-light: #7f8453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a540d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.451,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42294,
    "c": 0.09112,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A540D

secondary

#3C2E8F

accent

#38F052

background

#F7F8F4

surface

#EEEFE7

border

#C9CAC3

text

#0A0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A540D

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

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