#4A5511#4A5511

#4A5511 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.090 H 118.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A5511
RGB	rgb(74, 85, 17)
HSL	hsl(70, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(70, 80%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 80%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.97, -14.39, 35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.97, 38.49, 111.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% -0.043 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.09 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1739, 7.9934, 1.7478)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A5511 #1C1155

analogous

#553E11 #4A5511 #285511

triadic

#4A5511 #114A55 #55114A

tetradic

#4A5511 #11553E #1C1155 #551128

square

#4A5511 #11553E #1C1155 #551128

split-complementary

#4A5511 #112855 #3E1155

monochromatic

#161A05 #1E2207 #4A5511 #76881B #A3BB25

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#4A5511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#4A5511 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A5511

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A5511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A5511	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5017

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F5048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a5511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 85, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.090 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f8455',
    500: '#4a5511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a5511;
$custom-light: #7f8455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a5511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.706,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42585,
    "c": 0.08995,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A5511

secondary

#42348E

accent

#3EEA5A

background

#F7F8F5

surface

#EEEFE9

border

#C9CAC5

text

#0A0B03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A5511

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

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