#49400B#49400B

#49400B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.070 H 99.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49400B
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 11)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(51, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 84.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.04, -2.75, 31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.04, 31.65, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.01% -0.0111 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(37.01% 0.07 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.6417, 5.1077, 1.0579)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49400B #0B1449

analogous

#49210B #49400B #33490B

triadic

#49400B #0B4940 #400B49

tetradic

#49400B #0B4921 #0B1449 #490B33

square

#49400B #0B4921 #0B1449 #490B33

split-complementary

#49400B #0B3349 #210B49

monochromatic

#1B1704 #1B1704 #49400B #7E6F13 #B39D1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#49400B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#49400B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49400B

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49400B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49400B	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A410F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49400b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.070 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e744f',
    500: '#49400b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49400b;
$custom-light: #7e744f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49400b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3701,
    "c": 0.06983,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49400B

secondary

#2A3885

accent

#52F037

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #49400B

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

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