#494239#494239

#494239 is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.018 H 74.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494239
RGB	rgb(73, 66, 57)
HSL	hsl(34, 12%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(34, 22%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 21.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.40, 1.23, 6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.40, 6.68, 79.35°)
OKLab	oklab(38.33% 0.0048 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(38.33% 0.018 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.4344, 5.6084, 4.6664)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494239 #394049

analogous

#493A39 #494239 #484939

triadic

#494239 #394942 #423949

tetradic

#494239 #39493A #394049 #493948

square

#494239 #39493A #394049 #493948

split-complementary

#494239 #394849 #3A3949

monochromatic

#11100D #27231E #494239 #6B6154 #8E806F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#494239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#494239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494239

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494239	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C403F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 66, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.018 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c766f',
    500: '#494239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494239;
$custom-light: #7c766f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 12.308,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38326,
    "c": 0.01765,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494239

secondary

#656E78

accent

#90B573

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEC

border

#C9C8C7

text

#090807

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #494239

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

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