#49490C#49490C

#49490C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.079 H 109.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49490C
RGB	rgb(73, 73, 12)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(60, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 83.6%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.93, -8.21, 33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.93, 34.79, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% -0.0263 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.079 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1968, 6.2083, 1.2723)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49490C #0C0C49

analogous

#492B0C #49490C #2B490C

triadic

#49490C #0C4949 #490C49

tetradic

#49490C #0C492B #0C0C49 #490C2B

square

#49490C #0C492B #0C0C49 #490C2B

split-complementary

#49490C #0C2B49 #2B0C49

monochromatic

#1A1A04 #1A1A04 #49490C #7E7E15 #B2B21D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#49490C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#49490C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49490C

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49490C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49490C	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504711

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F443E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49490c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 73, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.079 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7b51',
    500: '#49490c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49490c;
$custom-light: #7e7b51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49490c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39315,
    "c": 0.07855,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49490C

secondary

#2C2C85

accent

#39EE39

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #49490C

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

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