#49491A#49491A

#49491A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.067 H 109.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49491A
RGB	rgb(73, 73, 26)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.4%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.05, -7.27, 27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.05, 28.42, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(39.45% -0.0219 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(39.45% 0.067 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.3168, 6.2563, 1.9046)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49491A #1A1A49

analogous

#49321A #49491A #32491A

triadic

#49491A #1A4949 #491A49

tetradic

#49491A #1A4932 #1A1A49 #491A32

square

#49491A #1A4932 #1A1A49 #491A32

split-complementary

#49491A #1A3249 #321A49

monochromatic

#171708 #1C1C0A #49491A #76762A #A3A33A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#49491A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#49491A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49491A

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49491A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49491A	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50481D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E443F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49491a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 73, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.067 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7b59',
    500: '#49491a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49491a;
$custom-light: #7d7b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49491a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 47.475,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39447,
    "c": 0.06699,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49491A

secondary

#40407F

accent

#51D751

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0903

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #49491A

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

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