#494212#494212

#494212 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.066 H 100.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494212
RGB	rgb(73, 66, 18)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 75.3%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.73, -3.60, 29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.73, 29.29, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% -0.0126 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.066 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.8053, 5.3568, 1.3530)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494212 #121949

analogous

#492612 #494212 #344912

triadic

#494212 #124942 #421249

tetradic

#494212 #124926 #121949 #491234

square

#494212 #124926 #121949 #491234

split-complementary

#494212 #123449 #261249

monochromatic

#191606 #191606 #494212 #7A6E1E #AB9B2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#494212 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#494212 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494212

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494212	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494212	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49400B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494212;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 66, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.066 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7653',
    500: '#494212',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494212;
$custom-light: #7e7653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494212",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37574,
    "c": 0.06647,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494212

secondary

#353F82

accent

#59E444

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494212

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

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