#494516#494516

#494516 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.066 H 104.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494516
RGB	rgb(73, 69, 22)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 69.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, -5.16, 28.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 28.59, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% -0.0165 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.066 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0208, 5.7308, 1.6006)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494516 #161A49

analogous

#492B16 #494516 #334916

triadic

#494516 #164945 #451649

tetradic

#494516 #16492B #161A49 #491633

square

#494516 #16492B #161A49 #491633

split-complementary

#494516 #163349 #2B1649

monochromatic

#181607 #1A1908 #494516 #787124 #A79E32

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#494516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#494516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494516

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494516	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F403B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 69, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.066 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7856',
    500: '#494516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494516;
$custom-light: #7e7856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38377,
    "c": 0.06609,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494516

secondary

#3A4080

accent

#56DD4B

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494516

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

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