#493B0A#493B0A

#493B0A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.067 H 92.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#493B0A
RGB	rgb(73, 59, 10)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(47, 86%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 86.3%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.46, 0.36, 30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.46, 30.48, 89.32°)
OKLab	oklab(35.76% -0.0023 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(35.76% 0.067 92)
XYZ	xyz(4.3667, 4.5666, 0.9385)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#493B0A #0A1849

analogous

#491C0A #493B0A #38490A

triadic

#493B0A #0A493B #3B0A49

tetradic

#493B0A #0A491C #0A1849 #490A38

square

#493B0A #0A491C #0A1849 #490A38

split-complementary

#493B0A #0A3849 #1C0A49

monochromatic

#1B1604 #1B1604 #493B0A #7F6711 #B59219

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#493B0A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#493B0A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #493B0A

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##493B0A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##493B0A	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503532

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #493b0a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 59, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.067 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f704e',
    500: '#493b0a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #493b0a;
$custom-light: #7f704e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#493b0a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 75.904,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35761,
    "c": 0.06651,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.04566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#493B0A

secondary

#293E86

accent

#5FF235

background

#F8F6F4

surface

#EFECE7

border

#CAC7C3

text

#0A0701

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #493B0A

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

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