#494416#494416

#494416 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.065 H 103.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494416
RGB	rgb(73, 68, 22)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 69.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.40, -4.55, 27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.40, 28.14, 99.30°)
OKLab	oklab(38.12% -0.0147 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(38.12% 0.065 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.9598, 5.6088, 1.5803)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494416 #161B49

analogous

#492A16 #494416 #344916

triadic

#494416 #164944 #441649

tetradic

#494416 #16492A #161B49 #491634

square

#494416 #16492A #161B49 #491634

split-complementary

#494416 #163449 #2A1649

monochromatic

#181607 #1A1808 #494416 #787024 #A79C32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#494416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#494416 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494416

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494416	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)

#4A4211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 68, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.065 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7756',
    500: '#494416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494416;
$custom-light: #7e7756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.118,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38122,
    "c": 0.06497,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494416

secondary

#3A4180

accent

#59DD4B

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494416

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

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