#493E16#493E16

#493E16 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.059 H 93.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#493E16
RGB	rgb(73, 62, 22)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 69.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.51, -0.80, 25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.51, 25.72, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(36.62% -0.004 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(36.62% 0.059 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.6153, 4.9199, 1.4654)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#493E16 #162149

analogous

#492416 #493E16 #3A4916

triadic

#493E16 #16493E #3E1649

tetradic

#493E16 #164924 #162149 #49163A

square

#493E16 #164924 #162149 #49163A

split-complementary

#493E16 #163A49 #241649

monochromatic

#181407 #1A1608 #493E16 #786624 #A78E32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#493E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#493E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #493E16

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##493E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##493E16	1.00	10.58	1.98	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484018

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3935

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #493e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 62, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.059 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7355',
    500: '#493e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #493e16;
$custom-light: #7e7355;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#493e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36618,
    "c": 0.05904,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#493E16

secondary

#3A4980

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#F7F6F5

surface

#EEECE9

border

#C9C7C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #493E16

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

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