#494917#494917

#494917 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.070 H 109.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#494917
RGB	rgb(73, 73, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.5%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.02, -7.52, 28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.02, 29.95, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(39.41% -0.023 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(39.41% 0.07 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2850, 6.2436, 1.7372)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#494917 #171749

analogous

#493017 #494917 #304917

triadic

#494917 #174949 #491749

tetradic

#494917 #174930 #171749 #491730

square

#494917 #174930 #171749 #491730

split-complementary

#494917 #173049 #301749

monochromatic

#171707 #1A1A08 #494917 #787826 #A6A634

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#494917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#494917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #494917

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##494917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##494917	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50471A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #494917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 73, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.070 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7b57',
    500: '#494917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #494917;
$custom-light: #7e7b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#494917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.083,
    "l": 18.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39412,
    "c": 0.06993,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#494917

secondary

#3C3C80

accent

#4CDC4C

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #494917

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

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