#493A0B#493A0B

#493A0B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.065 H 90.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#493A0B
RGB	rgb(73, 58, 11)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(45, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 84.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.16, 1.05, 29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.16, 29.79, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(35.52% -0.0002 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(35.52% 0.065 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.3214, 4.4670, 0.9512)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#493A0B #0B1A49

analogous

#491B0B #493A0B #39490B

triadic

#493A0B #0B493A #3A0B49

tetradic

#493A0B #0B491B #0B1A49 #490B39

square

#493A0B #0B491B #0B1A49 #490B39

split-complementary

#493A0B #0B3949 #1B0B49

monochromatic

#1B1504 #1B1504 #493A0B #7E6413 #B38F1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#493A0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#493A0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #493A0B

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##493A0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##493A0B	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423904

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453D0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503431

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #493a0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 58, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.065 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6f4e',
    500: '#493a0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #493a0b;
$custom-light: #7f6f4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#493a0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35523,
    "c": 0.06521,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#493A0B

secondary

#2A4085

accent

#64F037

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFECE7

border

#CAC7C3

text

#0A0702

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #493A0B

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

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