#494417#494417

#494417 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.064 H 103.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494417
RGB	rgb(73, 68, 23)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 68.5%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, -4.47, 27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 27.63, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.13% -0.0144 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(38.13% 0.064 103)
XYZ	xyz(4.9696, 5.6128, 1.6320)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494417 #171C49

analogous

#492B17 #494417 #354917

triadic

#494417 #174944 #441749

tetradic

#494417 #17492B #171C49 #491735

square

#494417 #17492B #171C49 #491735

split-complementary

#494417 #173549 #2B1749

monochromatic

#171607 #1A1908 #494417 #786F26 #A69B34

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#494417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#494417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494417

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494417	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4212

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 68, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.064 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7756',
    500: '#494417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494417;
$custom-light: #7e7756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 52.083,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38134,
    "c": 0.06401,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.05613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494417

secondary

#3C4380

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494417

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

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