#494616#494616

#494616 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.067 H 105.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494616
RGB	rgb(73, 70, 22)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 69.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.04, -5.78, 28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.04, 29.04, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% -0.0182 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.067 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.0828, 5.8549, 1.6213)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494616 #161949

analogous

#492C16 #494616 #324916

triadic

#494616 #164946 #461649

tetradic

#494616 #16492C #161949 #491632

square

#494616 #16492C #161949 #491632

split-complementary

#494616 #163249 #2C1649

monochromatic

#181707 #1A1908 #494616 #787324 #A7A032

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#494616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#494616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494616

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494616	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F413C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 70, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.067 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7956',
    500: '#494616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494616;
$custom-light: #7e7956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38632,
    "c": 0.06725,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494616

secondary

#3A3E80

accent

#53DD4B

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494616

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

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