#4C490B#4C490B

#4C490B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.079 H 106.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C490B
RGB	rgb(76, 73, 11)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(57, 86%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 85.5%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.22, -6.73, 34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.22, 35.20, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.62% -0.0224 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(39.62% 0.079 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4237, 6.3259, 1.2519)
Luminance	0.0633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C490B #0B0E4C

analogous

#4C290B #4C490B #2F4C0B

triadic

#4C490B #0B4C49 #490B4C

tetradic

#4C490B #0B4C29 #0B0E4C #4C0B2F

square

#4C490B #0B4C29 #0B0E4C #4C0B2F

split-complementary

#4C490B #0B2F4C #290B4C

monochromatic

#1B1A04 #1B1A04 #4C490B #817C13 #B7B01A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#4C490B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4C490B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C490B

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C490B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C490B	1.00	9.27	2.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514810

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52433E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c490b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 73, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.079 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817b50',
    500: '#4c490b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c490b;
$custom-light: #817b50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c490b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 74.713,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39615,
    "c": 0.07853,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C490B

secondary

#2B2F88

accent

#3FF136

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEDE7

border

#CAC8C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C490B

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

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