#4C4609#4C4609

#4C4609 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.077 H 103.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C4609
RGB	rgb(76, 70, 9)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(55, 88%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 88.2%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, -5.00, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 34.77, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.84% -0.0177 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(38.84% 0.077 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2202, 5.9368, 1.1293)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C4609 #090F4C

analogous

#4C2509 #4C4609 #314C09

triadic

#4C4609 #094C46 #46094C

tetradic

#4C4609 #094C25 #090F4C #4C0931

square

#4C4609 #094C25 #090F4C #4C0931

split-complementary

#4C4609 #09314C #25094C

monochromatic

#1B1903 #1B1903 #4C4609 #83780F #B9AB16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#4C4609 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4C4609 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C4609

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C4609	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C4609	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F460E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c4609;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 70, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.077 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81794f',
    500: '#4c4609',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c4609;
$custom-light: #81794f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c4609",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 78.824,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3884,
    "c": 0.07658,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C4609

secondary

#283089

accent

#44F533

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C4609

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

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