#494412#494412

#494412 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.069 H 103.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494412
RGB	rgb(73, 68, 18)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 75.3%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.37, -4.84, 29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.37, 30.11, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% -0.0161 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.069 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.9242, 5.5946, 1.3926)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494412 #121749

analogous

#492812 #494412 #334912

triadic

#494412 #124944 #441249

tetradic

#494412 #124928 #121749 #491233

square

#494412 #124928 #121749 #491233

split-complementary

#494412 #123349 #281249

monochromatic

#191706 #191706 #494412 #7A721E #AB9F2A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#494412 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#494412 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494412

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494412	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494412	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B420B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4415

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494412;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 68, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.069 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7753',
    500: '#494412',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494412;
$custom-light: #7e7753;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494412",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3808,
    "c": 0.06856,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494412

secondary

#353C82

accent

#53E444

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494412

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

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