#494011#494011

#494011 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.065 H 98.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494011
RGB	rgb(73, 64, 17)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 76.7%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.09, -2.42, 28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.09, 29.00, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% -0.0093 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.065 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6824, 5.1240, 1.2726)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494011 #111A49

analogous

#492411 #494011 #364911

triadic

#494011 #114940 #401149

tetradic

#494011 #114924 #111A49 #491136

square

#494011 #114924 #111A49 #491136

split-complementary

#494011 #113649 #241149

monochromatic

#191606 #191606 #494011 #7B6C1D #AC9728

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#494011 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#494011 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494011

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494011	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494011	1.00	10.37	2.02	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494114

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3B36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494011;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 64, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.065 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7452',
    500: '#494011',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494011;
$custom-light: #7e7452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494011",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37061,
    "c": 0.06538,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494011

secondary

#334082

accent

#5DE543

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494011

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

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