#4C4A09#4C4A09

#4C4A09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.081 H 107.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C4A09
RGB	rgb(76, 74, 9)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(58, 88%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 88.2%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.53, -7.41, 35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.53, 36.29, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.86% -0.0245 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(39.86% 0.081 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4788, 6.4540, 1.2155)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C4A09 #090B4C

analogous

#4C2909 #4C4A09 #2D4C09

triadic

#4C4A09 #094C4A #4A094C

tetradic

#4C4A09 #094C29 #090B4C #4C092D

square

#4C4A09 #094C29 #090B4C #4C092D

split-complementary

#4C4A09 #092D4C #29094C

monochromatic

#1B1B03 #1B1B03 #4C4A09 #837F0F #B9B516

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#4C4A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4C4A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C4A09

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C4A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C4A09	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52490F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52443E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c4a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 74, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.081 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817c50',
    500: '#4c4a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c4a09;
$custom-light: #817c50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c4a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 78.824,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39858,
    "c": 0.08072,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C4A09

secondary

#282B89

accent

#38F533

background

#F8F7F4

surface

#EFEEE7

border

#CAC9C3

text

#0B0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C4A09

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

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