#493C0B#493C0B

#493C0B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.067 H 93.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#493C0B
RGB	rgb(73, 60, 11)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(47, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 84.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.78, -0.23, 30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.78, 30.36, 90.43°)
OKLab	oklab(36.01% -0.0039 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(36.01% 0.067 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.4242, 4.6726, 0.9854)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#493C0B #0B1849

analogous

#491D0B #493C0B #37490B

triadic

#493C0B #0B493C #3C0B49

tetradic

#493C0B #0B491D #0B1849 #490B37

square

#493C0B #0B491D #0B1849 #490B37

split-complementary

#493C0B #0B3749 #1D0B49

monochromatic

#1B1604 #1B1604 #493C0B #7E6813 #B3931B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#493C0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#493C0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #493C0B

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##493C0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##493C0B	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443B04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503633

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #493c0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 60, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.067 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f714e',
    500: '#493c0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #493c0b;
$custom-light: #7f714e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#493c0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36014,
    "c": 0.06656,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#493C0B

secondary

#2A3E85

accent

#5EF037

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EEECE7

border

#C9C7C3

text

#0A0702

muted

#7C7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #493C0B

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

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