#4C4809#4C4809

#4C4809 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.079 H 105.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C4809
RGB	rgb(76, 72, 9)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(56, 88%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 88.2%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.89, -6.21, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.89, 35.51, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(39.35% -0.0211 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(39.35% 0.079 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3474, 6.1912, 1.1717)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C4809 #090D4C

analogous

#4C2709 #4C4809 #2F4C09

triadic

#4C4809 #094C48 #48094C

tetradic

#4C4809 #094C27 #090D4C #4C092F

square

#4C4809 #094C27 #090D4C #4C092F

split-complementary

#4C4809 #092F4C #27094C

monochromatic

#1B1A03 #1B1A03 #4C4809 #837C0F #B9B016

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#4C4809 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4C4809 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C4809

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C4809	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C4809	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51480E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52423D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c4809;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 72, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.079 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817a4f',
    500: '#4c4809',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c4809;
$custom-light: #817a4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c4809",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 78.824,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39348,
    "c": 0.0786,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C4809

secondary

#282D89

accent

#3EF533

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C4809

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

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