#494911#494911

#494911 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.075 H 109.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494911
RGB	rgb(73, 73, 17)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.7%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.97, -7.93, 31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.97, 32.76, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.35% -0.0249 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(39.35% 0.075 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2316, 6.2222, 1.4556)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494911 #111149

analogous

#492D11 #494911 #2D4911

triadic

#494911 #114949 #491149

tetradic

#494911 #11492D #111149 #49112D

square

#494911 #11492D #111149 #49112D

split-complementary

#494911 #112D49 #2D1149

monochromatic

#191906 #191906 #494911 #7B7B1D #ACAC28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#494911 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#494911 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494911

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494911	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494911	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#504715

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F443E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494911;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 73, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.075 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7b53',
    500: '#494911',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494911;
$custom-light: #7e7b53;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494911",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39353,
    "c": 0.07506,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494911

secondary

#333382

accent

#43E543

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494911

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

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