#494121#494121

#494121 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.050 H 95.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494121
RGB	rgb(73, 65, 33)
HSL	hsl(48, 38%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 54.8%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.59, -1.65, 20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.59, 20.72, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% -0.0049 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.05 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9126, 5.3071, 2.2041)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494121 #212949

analogous

#492D21 #494121 #3D4921

triadic

#494121 #214941 #412149

tetradic

#494121 #21492D #212949 #49213D

square

#494121 #21492D #212949 #49213D

split-complementary

#494121 #213D49 #2D2149

monochromatic

#15130A #1F1B0E #494121 #736734 #9D8C47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#494121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#494121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494121

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494121	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47401E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3D39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 65, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.050 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d755d',
    500: '#494121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494121;
$custom-light: #7d755d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 37.736,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37524,
    "c": 0.04959,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494121

secondary

#49537D

accent

#71CE5A

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0804

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #494121

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

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